Abstract
Neurofibromatosis is a relatively common inherited disease of the nervous system with a frequency of about 1 in 3000 births and affecting about 20000 people in the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of at least two distinct genetic diseases: neurofibromatosis 1, as described by Friedrich von Recklinghausen and characterized by café-au-lait spots and subcutaneous neurofibromas, and neurofibromatosis 2, recently established as a separate entity and characterized by bilateral acoustic neuromas [1–3, 21, 26].
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Tatagiba, M. et al. (1990). Peripheral Nerve Involvement in Recklinghausen’s Disease. In: Samii, M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Lesions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75611-5_42
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