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Genetic and morphologic determinants of pneumothorax in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Sept 2007
Steagall Wendy K, Glasgow Connie G, Hathaway Olanda M, Avila Nilo A, Taveira-Dasilva Angelo M, Rabel Antoinette, Stylianou Mario P, Lin Jing-Ping, Chen Xiaoling, Moss Joel
Abstract excerpt
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a multisystem disease affecting women, is characterized by proliferation of abnormal smooth muscle-like cells in the lungs, leading to cystic destruction of the parenchyma and recurrent pneumothoraces. Clinical characteristics of lymphangioleiomyomatosis patients were an...
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