title: Tuberous sclerosis. Report of nine cases and a review.
abstract: Tuberous sclerosis is characterized by epilepsy, mental retardation and adenoma sebaceum. Seizures and mental retardation were the presenting complaints in the nine cases presented here; however, a variety of clinical manifestations of the disease exist. Early diagnosis facilitates genetic counseling.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000209:etiology; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D012160:Retina; D012626:Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology