Recent Research on Tuberous Sclerosis (Ts)

New Research in Tuberous Sclerosis

care-may actually prove harder than reshaping acute services and redirecting medical students. The biggest barrier, however, may be London itself. The report touches on the fact that health services cannot be seen in isolation: poverty, unreliable transport, violence, collapsed social services, rotten housing, and poor education all work against the sort of health service that the commission wa...

Tuberous sclerosis complex: future research directions.

Progress in recent research on multiple sclerosis.

In recent years, there has been a marked increase in new information about multiple sclerosis. Undoubtedly this is related to advances made in scientific medicine, especially immunology, but there is also a greater awareness that something can, and must, be done to solve the problem of a crippling disease that affects 40000-50000 individuals in this country. Multiple sclerosis, or disseminated ...

Tuberous sclerosis.

Tuberous sclerosis - also called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) - is a rare, multi-system genetic disorder affecting cellular differentiation & proliferation, which results in hamartoma formation in many organs. The classic triad of clinical features comprises mental retardation, epilepsy & skin lesion, but these three features are not always present. Mrs. Jahanara Khatun, a 30 years old lady...

tuberous sclerosis

A search for children presenting with signs or symptoms of cardiac rhabdomyomas was made through members of the paediatric section of the British Cardiac Society in order to establish their birth incidence, presenting features, clinical course, and the frequency of a concurrent diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. Fifteen children were identified and 12 had tuberous sclerosis (80%). Heart failure w...