Sirolimus therapy in tuberous sclerosis or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis [16]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-203

  Davies, D Mark ^a   Johnson, Simon R ^b   Tattersfield, Anne E ^b   Kingswood, J Chris ^c   Cox, Jane A ^c   McCartney, Deborah L ^d   Doyle, Tim ^c   Elmslie, Frances ^e   Saggar, Anand ^e   De Vries, Petrus J ^d   Sampson, Julian R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIROLIMUS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 38049177875     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc072500     Document Type: Letter

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