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Can an adult get neurofibromatosis

Updated: 9/17/2023
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Since the disorder is genetic, one does not technically "get" neurofibromatosis as an adult. You would have to have had the disorder since birth. But there are cases in which the disorder has not been diagnosed until later in life.

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