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Mutation analysis of the TSC1 and TSC2 genes in Japanese patients with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Sato Teruhiko, Seyama Kuniaki, Fujii Hiroaki, Maruyama Hiroshi, Setoguchi Yasuhiro, Iwakami Shin-ichiro, Fukuchi Yoshinosuke, Hino Okio
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a destructive lung disease characterized by a diffuse hamartomatous proliferation of smooth muscle cells (LAM cells) in the lungs. Pulmonary LAM can occur as an isolated form (sporadic LAM) or in association with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) (TSC-LAM), a genetic disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance with various expressivity resulting from mutations of either...
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