Zebra Card FA-003: family history of drowning

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	Family history of drowning
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	neurofibromatosis 2
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	Mentions drowning problems in NF2. [101] Note the term "vestibular schwannoma" is now preferred over "acoustic neuroma." [102] Proprioceptive blindness in a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. [103] Estimates that 50% of NF2 cases are new mutations. [105] Incidence of NF2 is 1 in 37,000. Expands criteria for diagnosis in persons without a family history. [106] Refers to a study finding 22-fold increase in arrhythmias in young healthy scuba divers when submerged. Postulates that pressure-induced central movement of blood dilates cardiac chambers, right-sided especially. Cites Publication 72 of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 1987. [113] Long QT syndrome? [114] A half-page discussion of syncope under water: Ross RT, Major Problems in Neurology, ca. 1988 [115] Sickle cell crises can be precipitated by cold water [L Resar, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, May 1990] [116] Cold urticaria and/or cold anaphylaxis can get swimmers in trouble. [117]

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	(1)	See the 1980 Kanter & Eldridge article in Neurology, listed below.
	(2)	Neurofibromatosis: Phenotype, Natural History, and Pathogenesis. Riccardi VM, Eichner JE. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986: 169-183. Amazon.com
	(3a)	The genetic aspects of neurofibromatosis. Carey JC, Baty BJ, et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1986;486:45-56. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	(3b)	McKusick 101000 = neurofibromatosis 2.
	(4)	Neurofibromatosis 2 (bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis). Martuza RL, Eldridge R. N Engl J Med 1988 Mar 17;318(11):684-8. Pubmed Similars
	(-)	The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. Sacks O. New York: Summit Books, 1985: 42-52.

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	Proprioception
	101.	Central neurofibromatosis with bilateral acoustic neuroma: genetic, clinical and biochemical distinctions from peripheral neurofibromatosis. Kanter WR, Eldridge R, et al. Neurology 1980 Aug;30(8):851-9. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	102.	Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). Consensus development conference [see comments]. Eldridge R, Parry D. Neurosurgery 1992 Jun;30(6):962-4. Pubmed Similars
	103.	Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 45-1988. A 67-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, homonymous hemianopia, confusion, and poor balance. N Engl J Med 1988 Nov 10;319(19):1268-80. Pubmed Similars
	NF2
	104.	Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2): clinical characteristics of 63 affected individuals and clinical evidence for heterogeneity. Parry DM, Eldridge R, et al. Am J Med Genet 1994 Oct 1;52(4):450-61. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	105.	Neurofibromatosis type 2 appears to be a genetically homogeneous disease. Narod SA, Parry DM, et al. Am J Hum Genet 1992 Sep;51(3):486-96. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	106.	Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2): clinical characteristics of 63 affected individuals and clinical evidence for heterogeneity. Parry DM, Eldridge R, et al. Am J Med Genet 1994 Oct 1;52(4):450-61. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	107.	Neurofibromatosis: Phenotype, Natural History, and Pathogenesis. 2nd ed. Riccardi VM. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Amazon.com
	108.	The diagnostic evaluation and multidisciplinary management of neurofibromatosis 1 and neurofibromatosis 2 [see comments]. Gutmann DH, Aylsworth A, et al. JAMA 1997 Jul 2;278(1):51-7. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	109.	The relationship between specific RET proto-oncogene mutations and disease phenotype in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. International RET mutation consortium analysis. Eng C, Clayton D, et al. JAMA 1996 Nov 20;276(19):1575-9. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	110.	NIH conference. Neurofibromatosis 1 (Recklinghausen disease) and neurofibromatosis 2 (bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis). An update. Mulvihill JJ, Parry DM, et al. Ann Intern Med 1990 Jul 1;113(1):39-52. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	111.	Lens opacities in neurofibromatosis 2: further significant correlations. Bouzas EA, Freidlin V, et al. Br J Ophthalmol 1993 Jun;77(6):354-7. Pubmed+Abstract Similars
	112.	Visual impairment in patients with neurofibromatosis 2. Bouzas EA, Parry DM, et al. Neurology 1993 Mar;43(3 Pt 1):622-3. Pubmed Similars
	Other heritable medical causes of underwater mishaps
	113.	The Medical Problems of Underwater Diving [letter]. McDonough JR, et al. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:1498.
	114.	Long QT syndrome?
	115.	A half-page discussion of syncope under water: Ross RT, Major Problems in Neurology, ca. 1988
	116.	Sickle cell crises can be precipitated by cold water [L Resar, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research annual meeting, May 1990]
	117.	Drowning [letter; comment]. Morris RJ, Schoenwetter WF. N Engl J Med 1993 Jul 1;329(1):64-5. Pubmed Similars

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