The clinical and diagnostic implications of mosaicism in the neurofibromatoses.

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Published in Neurology on June 12, 2001

Authors

M Ruggieri1, S M Huson

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Bioimaging and Pathology of the Central Nervous System, National Research Council, Catania, Italy. ruggieri@area.ct.cnr.it

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