Tuberous Sclerosis Other Information |
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
... What is Tuberous Sclerosis? Tuberous sclerosis is a rare genetic, neurological disorder primarily characterized by seizures, mental retardation, and skin and eye lesions. In some cases, neurobehaviora...
Source: Cleveland Clinic
Tuberous Sclerosis Information Page ... Tuberous sclerosis is a rare genetic, neurological disorder primarily characterized by seizures, mental retardation, and skin and eye lesions. In some cases, neurobehavioral problems may also occur. I...
Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Tuberous Sclerosis Fact Sheet ... Tuberous sclerosis-also called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)1 - is a rare, multi-system genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and on other vital organs such as the kidneys,...
Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Tuberous sclerosis ... Tuberous sclerosis is a rare disorder characterized by seizures, mental disability, and small noncancerous growths on the skin and other body tissues. The word tuberous refers to the tubers, or root-l...
Source: Genetics Home Reference
Genes and Disease: Tuberous sclerosis ... Tuberous sclerosis is an hereditary disorder characterized by benign, tumor-like nodules of the brain and/or retinas, skin lesions, seizures and/or mental retardation. Patients may experience a few or...
Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information
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