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Hearing Improvement after Bevacizumab in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Author(s) -
Scott R. Plotkin,
Anat StemmerRachamimov,
Fred G. Barker,
Chris Halpin,
Timothy P. Padera,
A. W. R. TYRRELL,
A. Gregory Sorensen,
Rakesh K. Jain,
Emmanuelle di Tomaso
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0902579
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis type 2 , bevacizumab , neurofibromatosis , hearing loss , acoustic neuroma , vestibular system , schwannoma , vascular endothelial growth factor , surgery , oncology , pathology , chemotherapy , radiology , audiology , vegf receptors
Profound hearing loss is a serious complication of neurofibromatosis type 2, a genetic condition associated with bilateral vestibular schwannomas, benign tumors that arise from the eighth cranial nerve. There is no medical treatment for such tumors.

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