Neurofibromatosis Synonyms

no͝orō-fībrō-mə-tōsĭs, nyo͝or-
Autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. von Recklinghausen's disease

Words Related to Neurofibromatosis

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. nf1
  2. spinocerebellar
  3. glomerulonephritis
  4. demyelinating

Neurofibromatosis Sentence Examples

  • His research interests include familial predisposition to cancer, especially type 2 neurofibromatosis, Gorlin syndrome and breast/ovarian cancer.

  • Skin manifestations facilitate the diagnosis of genetic disease - well known examples include neurofibromatosis and tuberose sclerosis but there are many others.

  • Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disease in which multiple soft tumors (neurofibromas) develop under the skin and throughout the nervous system.

  • Children with a family history of neurofibromatosis are at highest risk for having either form of the condition.

  • Both forms of neurofibromatosis are caused by a defective gene.

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