Diagnostic Potential of Serum VEGF-D for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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to the editor: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare, progressive, frequently fatal cystic lung disease that affects women almost exclusively. It occurs in up to 40% of women with the tuberous sclerosis complex, a tumor-suppressor syndrome associated with seizures, cognitive impairment, and hamartomas in multiple organs, and can also occur in a nonheritable sporadic form that in-#