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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
1 Apr 2020
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Abstract Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a slow albeit progressive rare neoplastic disease featured with diffuse thin-walled cysts in lungs and angiomyolipomas in kidneys. LAM affects almost exclusively women and has one of the strongest gender predispositions of any extragenital human disease. Two forms of LAM present clinically, sporadic (S-LAM) and tuberous sclerosis complex-associated (TSC-LAM). TSC is an...
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