Neurofibromatosis 1

Peripheral Neurofibromatosis; Recklinghausen Disease, Nerve

Neurofibromatosis type I (NF-1), also known as von Recklinghausen syndrome, comprises, along with neurofibromatosis type II (a.k.a. MISME syndrome), tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber, and Von Hippel-Lindau disease, the phakomatoses or neurocutaneous syndromes, all of which have both neurologic and dermatologic lesions. This grouping is an artifact of an earlier time in medicine, before the distinct genetic basis of each of these diseases was understood. Genetics NF-1 is caused by a mutat ...