2.An alternate procedure is to soak the affected areas in an iced 0.13% water solution (1:750) of Zephiran chloride (benzalkonium chloride solution, NF).
3.Their plight was featured in a documentary released by Bubble Home, the country's only nonprofit organization for NF patients, to mark Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day on May 17.
4.However, many patients and their families face an uphill battle, as NF is yet to be officially recognized as a rare disease in China or included in the country's list of rare diseases.
5.The two brothers from the southwestern Sichuan province live with a little-known disease called neurofibromatosis that is commonly abbreviated as NF — a set of genetic disorders that cause tumors to grow on nerves in the brain and throughout the body.