Extensive acrochordons and pancreatic islet-cell tumors in tuberous sclerosis associated with TSC2 mutations

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1669-1672

  Merritt II, J Lawrence ^a   Davis, Dawn Marie E ^a   Pittelkow, Mark E ^a   Babovic Vuksanovic, Dusica ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrochordons; Pancreatic islet cell tumor; Renal failure; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FIBROMA; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HAND TREMOR; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LEG CRAMP; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TSC2 GENE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MUTATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SKIN DISEASES; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 33746599008     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31351     Document Type: Article

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