From Aldrovandi’s “Homuncio” (1592) to Buffon’s girl (1749) and the “Wart Man” of Tilesius (1793): antique illustrations of mosaicism in neurofibromatosis?

M Ruggieri; A Polizzi

doi:10.1136/jmg.40.3.227

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From Aldrovandi’s “Homuncio” (1592) to Buffon’s girl (1749) and the “Wart Man” of Tilesius (1793): antique illustrations of mosaicism in neurofibromatosis?

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Apr 2008	21	15	5
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Aug 2015	2	25	7
Sep 2015	2	15	1
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Feb 2016	4	5	6
Mar 2016	5	10	1
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May 2016	1	21	8
Jun 2016	10	5	5
Jul 2016	10	15	8
Aug 2016	2	7	6
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Oct 2016	8	46	2
Nov 2016	38	31	3
Dec 2016	34	11	1
Jan 2017	41	12	1
Feb 2017	8	15	4
Mar 2017	2	38	2
Apr 2017	3	71	3
May 2017	2	39	3
Jun 2017	11	30	2
Jul 2017	13	13	1
Aug 2017	31	31	2
Sep 2017	31	31	1
Oct 2017	25	21	1
Nov 2017	47	47	5
Dec 2017	28	27	5
Jan 2018	30	28	1
Feb 2018	38	30	0
Mar 2018	41	37	2
Apr 2018	35	35	2
May 2018	55	55	2
Jun 2018	57	58	0
Jul 2018	54	54	2
Aug 2018	79	79	1
Sep 2018	78	78	2
Oct 2018	106	104	6
Nov 2018	102	102	2
Dec 2018	92	92	1
Jan 2019	90	90	1
Feb 2019	74	73	4
Mar 2019	55	55	7
Apr 2019	45	43	4
May 2019	40	40	6
Jun 2019	32	30	2
Jul 2019	43	37	7
Aug 2019	42	42	5
Sep 2019	42	42	7
Oct 2019	77	77	1
Nov 2019	68	66	8
Dec 2019	117	115	3
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Feb 2020	36	30	3
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Apr 2020	15	13	9
May 2020	32	30	7
Jun 2020	8	7	2
Jul 2020	31	23	6
Aug 2020	13	13	6
Sep 2020	13	13	1
Oct 2020	13	13	3
Nov 2020	20	15	9
Dec 2020	23	20	9
Jan 2021	18	17	3
Feb 2021	27	25	7
Mar 2021	25	25	6
Apr 2021	28	18	3
May 2021	14	14	2
Jun 2021	8	8	2
Jul 2021	28	28	13
Aug 2021	10	10	6
Sep 2021	18	18	5
Oct 2021	17	15	20
Nov 2021	16	12	19
Dec 2021	14	12	1
Jan 2022	15	13	2
Feb 2022	16	14	5
Mar 2022	18	18	5
Apr 2022	27	19	5
May 2022	26	26	10
Jun 2022	33	32	4
Jul 2022	13	13	4
Aug 2022	18	18	6
Sep 2022	26	26	7
Oct 2022	51	49	5
Nov 2022	20	14	7
Dec 2022	19	18	3
Jan 2023	12	10	6
Feb 2023	25	25	0
Mar 2023	11	11	3
Apr 2023	13	7	11
May 2023	12	12	7
Jun 2023	11	9	3
Jul 2023	7	7	8
Aug 2023	7	5	4
Sep 2023	6	6	7
Oct 2023	28	26	6
Nov 2023	19	15	5
Dec 2023	55	0	2
Jan 2024	29	0	0
Feb 2024	27	0	0
Mar 2024	128	7	0
Total	7397	8140	1420

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