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Table of Contents:
About the Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1. Challenging issues in clinical genetics of Neurofibromatosis type 1
(Gerson Carakushansky, Mauri Carakushansky and Marcia Gonçalves Ribeiro)pp.1-24
Chapter 2. Hormonal influences in neurofibromas of Neurofibromatosis type 1 patients
(Karin Soares Gonçalves Cunha, Marcello Bronstein, Spyrus Mezitis, Mauro Geller)pp.25-42
Chapter 3. Role of mast cells in the Neutofibromatosis type 1-associated neurofibroma
(Karl Staser, D. Wade Clapp and Feng-Chun Yang)pp.43-58
Chapter 4. Natural history of plexiform neurofibromas
(Bruce R. Korf) pp.59-70
Chapter 5. Imaging of plexiform neurofibroma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
(Fawn Leigh, Gordon Harris and Allan Rubenstein)pp.71-88
Chapter 6. Mutation analysis of the NF1 gene by cDNA-based sequencing of the coding region
(Ludwine Messiaen and Katharina Wimmer)pp.89-108
Chapter 7. Cell culture of Neurofibromatosis type 1-associated neurofibromas
(Marianne F. James)pp.109-126
Chapter 8. Animal models for Neurofibromatosis type 1
(Aaron Schindeler and David G. Little)pp.127-140
Chapter 9. Research advances in therapeutics for Neurofibromatosis type 1
(Kim E. Hunter-Schaedle)pp.141-164
Chapter 10. Research advances in mutational analysis of the NF2 gene
(Fabio Pereira Nunes) pp.165-180
Chapter 11. Cell culture of Neurofibromatosis type 2-associated tumors
(Marianne F. James) pp.181-204
Chapter 12. Mouse models of Neurofibromatosis type 2
(Marco Giovannini, Matthieu Peyre, Nicolas-Xavier Bonne, Michel Kalamarides) pp.205-220
Chapter 13. Research advances in therapeutics for Neurofibromatosis type 2-associated vestibular schwannomas
(Charles Yates, D. Bradley Welling, and Long-Sheng Chang)pp.221-236
Chapter 14. Schwannomatosis: a recently recognized form of Neurofibromatosis
(Laura Papi)pp.237-256
Chapter 15. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis (Aguinaldo Bonalumi Filho, Luiz Guilherme Darrigo Jr., Lisa Oliveira, David Rubem Azulay, Karin Soares Gonçalves Cunha, Mauro Geller)pp.257-268
Index pp.269-273 |
