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Neurofibromatosis is a genetic neurological disorder.

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A genetic mutation causes NF. This can be any mutation, from inversion to substitutions

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Since there are 2 types, they are often abbreviated and numbered i.e. NF1 and NF2. NF2 is also sometimes called

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The symptoms of NF can vary from flat, light brown spots to bone deformities and benign tumors anywhere on the body.

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What kind of medical assistance will the affected child need? Will further assistance be needed, as the child grows older? What is the long-term outlook for the child?

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What kind of medical assistance will the affected child need? Will further assistance be needed, as the child grows older? What is the long-term outlook for the child?

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It depends as the symptoms vary so widely. Often times the child will not require any further treatment or assistance other than the one given for the NF directly, which may be to eat healthy for receive regular surgery to remove tumors.

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Both NF1 and 2 are autosomal dominant disordered that are inherited.

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Are there prenatal tests for this disorder?

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Are there prenatal tests for this disorder?

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Prenatal testing for an NF1 mutation is possible using amniocentesis or chorionic villus-sampling procedures. Genetic testing for a NF2 mutation is sometimes available but is accurate only in about 65 percent of the individuals tested.

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Can this individual have children in the future

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Can this individual have children in the future

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Since NF is dominant, a single dominant allele will give the offspring NF.

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As of now, there are no cures or treatments, and many symptoms do not need ( like the light-brown spots) do not need treatment.

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What is current status of research on this disorder? is there a cure coming soon?

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What is current status of research on this disorder? is there a cure coming soon?

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While there have been a lot of incentives, there have been no cures as of 2019. Some testing in mice has proven successful, but there has been no human testing.

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Could this disorder have been prevented? if so, how?

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Could this disorder have been prevented? if so, how?

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Since it is a mutation, there is no way to prevent it outside of living healthy.

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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research

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What population is affected? Can anyone be a candidate for the disorder?

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What population is affected? Can anyone be a candidate for the disorder?

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As long as you have the mutated gene in chromosome 17 or 22, you are at risk.