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Do hormonal contraceptives stimulate growth of neurofibromas? A survey on 59 NF1 patients

BACKGROUND: Neurofibromas are benign tumors of the peripheral nerves and hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a tumor suppressor gene syndrome. Neurofibromas mostly start developing at puberty and can increase in size and number during pregnancy. Expression of progesterone receptors has been...

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Autores principales: Lammert, Marge, Mautner, Victor-Felix, Kluwe, Lan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC549555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15703081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-5-16