Successful treatment of progressive diffuse PEComatosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1578-1580

  Lawson, Kay ^a   Maher, Toby M ^a,b   Hansell, David M ^a,b   Nicholson, Andrew G ^a,b  

^a ImperialCollege ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOGEN; OCTREOTIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RAPAMYCIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUMOR; PECOMATOSIS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SIROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84871227109     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00076411     Document Type: Letter

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