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Neurofibromatosis type 2 in an adolescent boy with polyneuropathy and a mutation in the NF2 gene

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  1. Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100, DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    W. C. G. Overweg-Plandsoen

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. Brouwer-Mladin

  3. Laboratoire de Génétique des Tumeurs, Institut Curie, Paris, France

    P. Merel

  4. Elisabeth Gasthuis, Haarlem, The Netherlands

    L. de Vries

  5. Department of Human Genetics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    E. K. Bijlsma

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Overweg-Plandsoen, W.C.G., Brouwer-Mladin, R., Merel, P. et al. Neurofibromatosis type 2 in an adolescent boy with polyneuropathy and a mutation in the NF2 gene. J Neurol 243, 724–726 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00873979

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