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Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Measurements in Combination with Harvest of Lung and Immune Tissue Samples in Mice
Published on: January 16, 2013
[Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis and sex hormones]
J P Battesti1, B Pechnick, M Kambouchner
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny.
Abstract:
The authors having prepared for a case of pulmonary lymphangioleiomatosis point out the diagnostic boundaries of this condition with benign metastasizing intravenous leiomyomas of the uterus, pulmonary localisation of Bourneville's tuberous sclerosis and the important aetio pathologic role of sex hormones. Finally they deal with the therapeutic management and the various uses of hormones to inhibit oestrogenic activity.
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