Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis and renal papillary cancer: Incomplete expression of tuberous sclerosis?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2740-2743

  Peccatori, I ^a   Pitingolo, F ^a   Battini, G ^a   Meroni, M ^a   Giordano, F ^a   Guarino, M ^a   Del Maschio, A ^b   Vanzulli, A ^b   Sessa, A ^a  

^a DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Papillary renal cell carcinoma; Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 10Q; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0030698370     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.12.2740     Document Type: Article

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