Lung Transplantation for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in Japan.

BACKGROUND:Lung transplantation has been established as the definitive treatment option for patients with advanced lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). However, the prognosis after registration and the circumstances of lung transplantation with sirolimus therapy have never been reported. METHODS:In this...

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Main Authors: Katsutoshi Ando, Yoshinori Okada, Miki Akiba, Takashi Kondo, Tomohiro Kawamura, Meinoshin Okumura, Fengshi Chen, Hiroshi Date, Takeshi Shiraishi, Akinori Iwasaki, Naoya Yamasaki, Takeshi Nagayasu, Masayuki Chida, Yoshikazu Inoue, Toyohiro Hirai, Kuniaki Seyama, Michiaki Mishima, Respiratory Failure Research Group of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4714890?pdf=render