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Treatment of renal angiomyolipoma in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) patients.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jul 2017
Brakemeier S, Bachmann F, Budde K
Abstract excerpt
In adult tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) patients, renal complications are the leading cause of death. Beginning in childhood, up to 80 % of patients develop renal angiomyolipoma characterized by a size-dependent risk of life-threatening bleeding. After discovery of the two causative genes, TSC1 and TSC2, and the role of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulation in the pathogenesis of TSC, an increasing...
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