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Tuberous Sclerosis |
Bourneville Disease; Bourneville Phakomatosis; cerebral sclerosis; Epiloia; sclerosis tuberosa; tuberose sclerosis |
Tuberous sclerosis (meaning "hard swellings") is a rare genetic disorder primarily characterized by a triad of seizures, mental retardation, and skin lesions (called facial angiofibroma or adenoma sebaceum). This "classic" Vogt triad is present in 30-50% of cases; in particular, up to 30% of tuberous sclerosis reportedly have normal mentation. Tuberous sclerosis, along with Neurofibromatosis type I, Neurofibromatosis type II (a.k.a. MISME syndrome), Sturge-Weber, and Von Hippel-Lindau compr ...
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Tuberous Sclerosis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance http://www.tsalliance.org
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Library Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Genetics Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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