Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis and fertility treatment
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Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis *
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease of unknown etiology that primarily affects women of childbearing age. Clinically, it manifests as progressive dyspnea, hemoptysis, pneumothorax and chylous pleural effusion resulting from abnormal smooth muscle proliferation in the lung parenchyma, lymph nodes, small airways and blood vessels. Recent cytogenetic studies have disclosed mutati...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcx238