Oral manifestations in neurofibromatosis type I: A case report

• Main Authors: Ashwinirani Suragimath (Author), Shobha Channabasappa Bijjargi (Author), Abhijeet R Sande (Author), Veerendra S Patil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neurofibroma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor, which is one of the most frequent tumors of neural origin. The diagnosis of type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-I) can be made if there is presence of a neurofibroma. Neurofibromatosis type 1 occurs due to an alteration in the long arm of chromosome 1...