"Lymphangioleiomyomatosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease characterized by the progressive invasion of SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS into the LYMPHATIC VESSELS, and the BLOOD VESSELS. The majority of the cases occur in the LUNGS of women of child-bearing age, eventually blocking the flow of air, blood, and lymph. The common symptom is shortness of breath (DYSPNEA).
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D018192
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.375.460.465 C04.557.450.692.500 C15.604.515.562.465 C20.683.515.710.465
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| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lymphangioleiomyomatosis" by people in Profiles.
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Cundiff WB, McCormack FX, Wikenheiser-Brokamp K, Starnes S, Kotloff R, Benzaquen S. Successful management of a chronic, refractory bronchopleural fistula with endobronchial valves followed by talc pleurodesis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Feb 15; 189(4):490-1.
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Goncharova EA, Goncharov DA, Chisolm A, Spaits MS, Lim PN, Cesarone G, Khavin I, Tliba O, Amrani Y, Panettieri RA, Krymskaya VP. Interferon beta augments tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (TSC2)-dependent inhibition of TSC2-null ELT3 and human lymphangioleiomyomatosis-derived cell proliferation. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 Mar; 73(3):778-88.
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Fox J, Woods SK, Gundakaram A, Varma SK, Huang YH, Wong KS. Index of suspicion. Pediatr Rev. 2005 Jul; 26(7):263-70.
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Edwards ST, Cruz AC, Donnelly S, Dazin PF, Schulman ES, Jones KD, Wolters PJ, Hoopes C, Dolganov GM, Fang KC. c-Kit immunophenotyping and metalloproteinase expression profiles of mast cells in interstitial lung diseases. J Pathol. 2005 Jul; 206(3):279-90.