7^th World Heart and Brain Conference

Neurofibromatosis

Neurofibromatosis may be a genetic disease of the systema nervosum. Form and grow of nerve cell are mainly affected by it. It causes tumors to grow on nerves. You'll get neurofibromatosis from your parents, or it can happen due to a mutation (change) in your genes. Once you've got it, you'll pass it along to your children. Usually the tumors are benign, but sometimes they will become cancerous.