Neurofibromatosis-Taron+H

NF1 **Neurofibromatosis **

**Description: ** Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is a disorder by the growth of a non-cancerous tumor. They usually form just underneath the skin, as well as the brain and the nervous system. But they can also develop in the eye as well. **Inheritance: ** Each child inherits a normal copy from the mother and either a normal or defective copy from the father parent. So basically it will be 50% homozygous normal and 50% heterozygous affected by this disease. **Punnett Square: **



**Symptoms: ** **Diagnose: ** Most of the time it’s physically diagnosed or by a family history of disorder if it is found. **Disease treatment: ** This disease has no cure and there is no type of medical treatment. The only is for a doctor to surgically take the tumor out.
 * The symptoms for this disease are:
 * Spots (that are the color of coffee and milk)
 * Freckles
 * (Both the spots and the freckles increase by age)
 * High blood pressure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Bone defects and lastly learning disabilities

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Interesting facts:media type="custom" key="9656706" ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">National institute of Neurological Disorders and stroke <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The national NF1 foundation Inc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Neurofibromatosis, Inc.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support Groups: **