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Women with TSC: Relationship between Clinical, Lung Function and Radiological Features in a Genotyped Population Investigated for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Di Marco Fabiano, Terraneo Silvia, Imeri Gianluca, Palumbo Giuseppina, La Briola Francesca, Tresoldi Silvia, Volpi Angela, Gualandri Lorenzo, Ghelma Filippo, Alfano Rosa Maria, Montanari Emanuele, Gorio Alfredo, Lesma Elena, Peron Angela, Canevini Maria Paola, Centanni Stefano
Abstract excerpt
The advent of pharmacological therapies for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) has made early diagnosis important in women with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), although the lifelong cumulative radiation exposure caused by chest computer tomography (CT) should not be underestimated. We retrospectively investigated, in a cohort of TSC outpatients of San Paolo Hospital (Milan, Italy) 1) the role of pulmonary function...
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