Therapeutic strategies for treatment of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis
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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: Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2167-8707
DOI: 10.1517/21678707.2014.953481