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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
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* Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.<ref name="pmid15544900">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pilavaki M, Chourmouzi D, Kiziridou A, Skordalaki A, Zarampoukas T, Drevelengas A |title=Imaging of peripheral nerve sheath tumors with pathologic correlation: pictorial review |journal=[[European Journal of Radiology]] |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=229–39 |year=2004 |pmid=15544900 |doi=10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.12.001 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0720048X03003735 |issn= |accessdate=2015-11-13}}</ref> | |||
* [[Plexiform neurofibroma]]s occur earlier in life and are thought to be congenital defects.<ref name="Yamashiroya2002">[http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s18c11.html "Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents: Chapter XVIII.11. Neurofibromatosis", by Vince K. Yamashiroya, MD. August, 2002. Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.]</ref> | * [[Plexiform neurofibroma]]s occur earlier in life and are thought to be congenital defects.<ref name="Yamashiroya2002">[http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s18c11.html "Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents: Chapter XVIII.11. Neurofibromatosis", by Vince K. Yamashiroya, MD. August, 2002. Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.]</ref> | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shanshan Cen, M.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Age
- Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.[1]
- Plexiform neurofibromas occur earlier in life and are thought to be congenital defects.[2]
Gender
Neurofibroma affects men and women equally.[3]
References
- ↑ Pilavaki M, Chourmouzi D, Kiziridou A, Skordalaki A, Zarampoukas T, Drevelengas A (2004). "Imaging of peripheral nerve sheath tumors with pathologic correlation: pictorial review". European Journal of Radiology. 52 (3): 229–39. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.12.001. PMID 15544900. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ↑ "Case Based Pediatrics For Medical Students and Residents: Chapter XVIII.11. Neurofibromatosis", by Vince K. Yamashiroya, MD. August, 2002. Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.
- ↑ Neurofibroma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Maxime St-Amant et al. Radiopaedia.org 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/neurofibroma