Use of CT Imaging to Quantify Progression and Response to Treatment in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

BACKGROUND: In lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), infiltration of the lungs with smooth muscle-like LAM cells results in cystic destruction and decline in lung function, effects stabilized by sirolimus therapy. LAM lung disease is followed, in part, by high-resolution CT scans. To obtain further inform...

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Published in:Chest
Main Authors: Gopalakrishnan, Vissaagan, Yao, Jianhua, Steagall, Wendy K., Avila, Nilo A., Taveira-DaSilva, Angelo M., Stylianou, Mario, Chen, Marcus Y., Moss, Joel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Chest Physicians 2019
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Diffuse Lung Disease
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533448/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30660784
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2019.01.004
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