Hi ESHAxo,
Several years ago, research teams at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) located the exact position of the NF1 gene on chromosome 17. The produc
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Neurofibromotosis is a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow along nerve cells so it is possible that it is contributing to your sleep paralysis. This can only be confirmed by an examination by your doctor.
Hi ESHAxo,
Neurofibromatosis is a genetically-inherited disease in which nerve tissue grows....
Neurofibromatosis affects males and females equally and is dominant (only one copy of the affected gene is needed...
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i feel 4 u
i have neurofibromatosis its a contition of the nerves system n i grow tumors n i always have really bad pain all over i just want to talk to people like me
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Knowing that this is your Alma Mater I out UC in the title, lol. Anyway, had an incendent the other day where I gave a man with Neurofibromatosis an injection with a 23 gauge butterfly needle. Ask I went to stick him, the needle had slipped out of the vein and rubbed up against my glove. Well...crap