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. 2016 Mar 9;5(2):98–104. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1579766

Table 1. Clinical diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1.

Diagnostic criteria of NF1
Two or more of the following:
 • At least six café-au-lait macules (> 5 mm diameter in prepubertal individuals and > 15 mm in postpubertal individuals)
 • Freckling in axillary or inguinal regions
 • Optic glioma
 • At least two Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
 • At least two neurofibromas of any type, or one plexiform neurofibroma
 • A distinctive osseous lesion (sphenoid dysplasia or tibial pseudarthrosis)
 • A first degree relative with NF1