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A dermatological assessment of pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Nunes Beatriz Azevedo, Romano Ana Karolina Ferreira Gonçalves, Pasa Morgan Mariana Aparecida, Gonçalves Alice Andrade, Cardozo Laís Faria Masulk, de Almeida Luiz Gustavo Dufner, Haddad Luciana Amaral, Crippa Ana Chrystina de Souza, Antoniuk Sergio Antonio, Abagge Kerstin Taniguchi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a multisystem neurocutaneous syndrome with variable phenotypes. Recent updates of TSC diagnostic criteria reaffirmed the defined genetic diagnostic criterion as the finding of a pathogenic DNA alteration in either TSC1 or TSC2 genes. It also slightly modified definite clinical diagnostic criteria. TSC-associated skin lesions in infancy are important clinical signs...
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