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Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.<ref name= | Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.<ref name=radio> Neurofibroma.Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Maxime St-Amant et al. Radiopaedia.org 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/neurofibroma Accessed on November 17, 2015 </ref> Neurofibroma affects men and women equally.<ref name=radio> Neurofibroma. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Maxime St-Amant et al. Radiopaedia.org 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/neurofibroma </ref> | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
* Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.<ref name= | * Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.<ref name=radio> Neurofibroma.Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Maxime St-Amant et al. Radiopaedia.org 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/neurofibroma Accessed on November 17, 2015 </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> | ||
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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
Neurofibroma usually affects individuals between 20 and 30 years of age.[1] Neurofibroma affects men and women equally.[1]
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.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Neurofibroma.Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Maxime St-Amant et al. Radiopaedia.org 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/neurofibroma Accessed on November 17, 2015
- ↑ "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.