The pathogenesis and imaging of the tuberous sclerosis complex

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 936-952

  Baskin Jr , Henry J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Children; PEComa; SEGA; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLTRYPTOPHAN C 11; HAMARTIN; PROGESTERONE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RAPAMYCIN; TAMOXIFEN; TUBERIN; VIGABATRIN;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAMARTOMA; HEART TUMOR; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TOMOGRAPHY; LYMPHANGIOMYOMA; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOSAICISM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELOID CELLOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOMA; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUBEPENDYMAL GIANT CELL ASTROCYTOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 48549098902     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0832-y     Document Type: Review

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