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Basics

Bakri H. Elsheikh, MBBS, FRCP

Puja Aggarwal, MD


BASICS

DESCRIPTION

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Incidence

Prevalence

RISK FACTORS

Having a parent diagnosed with NF1

Genetics

GENERAL PREVENTION

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

ETIOLOGY

COMMONLY ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS

Diagnosis

DIAGNOSIS

HISTORY

PHYSICAL EXAM

Pediatric Considerations

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND INTERPRETATION

Lab

Initial Lab Tests

Follow-Up & Special Considerations

Imaging

Initial Approach

Follow-Up & Special Considerations

Diagnostic Procedures/Other

Pathological Findings

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Treatment

TREATMENT

MEDICATION

First Line

Second Line

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT

General Measures

Issues for Referral

Additional Therapies

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

SURGERY/OTHER PROCEDURES

IN-PATIENT CONSIDERATIONS

Initial Stabilization

Nursing

Ongoing Care

ONGOING-CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Patient Monitoring

DIET

PATIENT EDUCATION

PROGNOSIS

COMPLICATIONS

Additional Reading

SEE-ALSO

Codes

CODES

ICD9

237.71 Neurofibromatosis, type 1 [von Recklinghausen's disease]

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