How should adult patients with neurofibromatosis 1 be managed?

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¹ Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Clinical Division of Medical Oncology, Department for Internal Medicine 1, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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Iris-Melanie Nöbauer-Huhmann et al. Neuro Oncol. 2018.

. 2018 May 18;20(6):721-722.

doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noy050.

¹ Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Clinical Division of Medical Oncology, Department for Internal Medicine 1, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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The characteristics of 76 atypical neurofibromas as precursors to neurofibromatosis 1 associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
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