Epidemiological profile and clinical characteristics of 491 Brazilian patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Luiz Guilherme DarrigoVictor Evangelista de Faria FerrazMarina Candido Visontai CormediLuissa Hikari Hayashi AraujoMariana Prado Silva MagalhãesRafaella Curis CarneiroLuis Henrique Nunes SalesMendel SuchmacherKarin Soares CunhaAguinaldo Bonalumi FilhoDavid Rubem AzulayMauro GellerPublished in: Brain and behavior (2022)
Patients with NF1 experience clinically significant morbidity, especially when it is associated with PN. Though there are many patients affected by NF1 in Brazil and other low- and middle-income countries, there is little data available in the corresponding literature. Our results are comparable to the previous results reported from higher-income countries and international registries.