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==Epidemiology & Demographics== | ==Epidemiology & Demographics== | ||
*Lisch nodules are predominantly visible in children usually after the age of six years. | *Lisch nodules are predominantly visible in children usually after the age of six years.<ref name="MaharajSingh,2014">{{cite journal|last1=Maharaj|first1=A|last2=Singh,|first2=VRS|last3=Lalchan|first3=SA|title=Lisch and the Importance of His Nodules|journal=West Indian Medical Journal|year=2014|issn=00433144|doi=10.7727/wimj.2013.323}}</ref> | ||
*Lisch Nodule incidence in NF1 increases with age and their prevalence raises by about 10% per year of life, up to age 9. | *Lisch Nodule incidence in NF1 increases with age and their prevalence raises by about 10% per year of life, up to age 9. | ||
*Lisch nodules are found in 93% of adults with NF-1 but have not been described in NF-2. | *Lisch nodules are found in 93% of adults with NF-1 but have not been described in NF-2. | ||
*Lisch Nodules may be found in a limited number of individuals without NF.<ref name="GreeneMale1987">{{cite journal|last1=Greene|first1=Carol L|last2=Male|first2=Wendy S|last3=Coleman|first3=Shelley H|last4=Ohrliok|first4=Martin E|last5=Gordon|first5=Robert A|title=LISCH NODULES IN AN UNSELECTED POPULATION: PREVALENCE AND USEFULNESS AS INDICATION OF NEUROFIBROMATOSIS|journal=Pediatric Research|volume=21|issue=4|year=1987|pages=227A–227A|issn=0031-3998|doi=10.1203/00006450-198704010-00368}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 12 June 2019
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Swathi Venkatesan, M.B.B.S.[2]
Epidemiology & Demographics
- Lisch nodules are predominantly visible in children usually after the age of six years.[1]
- Lisch Nodule incidence in NF1 increases with age and their prevalence raises by about 10% per year of life, up to age 9.
- Lisch nodules are found in 93% of adults with NF-1 but have not been described in NF-2.
- Lisch Nodules may be found in a limited number of individuals without NF.[2]
References
- ↑ Maharaj, A; Singh,, VRS; Lalchan, SA (2014). "Lisch and the Importance of His Nodules". West Indian Medical Journal. doi:10.7727/wimj.2013.323. ISSN 0043-3144.
- ↑ Greene, Carol L; Male, Wendy S; Coleman, Shelley H; Ohrliok, Martin E; Gordon, Robert A (1987). "LISCH NODULES IN AN UNSELECTED POPULATION: PREVALENCE AND USEFULNESS AS INDICATION OF NEUROFIBROMATOSIS". Pediatric Research. 21 (4): 227A–227A. doi:10.1203/00006450-198704010-00368. ISSN 0031-3998.