The prevalence of pica in tuberous sclerosis complex

BACKGROUND: Pica and Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) are rare disorders. We carried out a population survey of pica in our TSC patient population. FINDINGS: Pica was identified in four percent of cases of TSC. It was associated with adult onset or persistence into adulthood, epilepsy, severe learni...

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Autores principales: Morrison, Patrick J, O’Neill, Tara, Hardy, Rachel, Shepherd, Charles W, Donnelly, Deirdre E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2015
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4315804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25664230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0841-x
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author Morrison, Patrick J
O’Neill, Tara
Hardy, Rachel
Shepherd, Charles W
Donnelly, Deirdre E
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description BACKGROUND: Pica and Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) are rare disorders. We carried out a population survey of pica in our TSC patient population. FINDINGS: Pica was identified in four percent of cases of TSC. It was associated with adult onset or persistence into adulthood, epilepsy, severe learning difficulties and anaemia. CONCLUSIONS: Pica in TSC is a rare disorder and a coherent history may be difficult to obtain from patients. The prevalence of pica is likely to be underdiagnosed. Pica is a recognised feature in adults with TSC and prompt recognition of this disorder should allow better management of patients with TSC.
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spelling pubmed-43158042015-02-06 The prevalence of pica in tuberous sclerosis complex Morrison, Patrick J O’Neill, Tara Hardy, Rachel Shepherd, Charles W Donnelly, Deirdre E Springerplus Short Report BACKGROUND: Pica and Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) are rare disorders. We carried out a population survey of pica in our TSC patient population. FINDINGS: Pica was identified in four percent of cases of TSC. It was associated with adult onset or persistence into adulthood, epilepsy, severe learning difficulties and anaemia. CONCLUSIONS: Pica in TSC is a rare disorder and a coherent history may be difficult to obtain from patients. The prevalence of pica is likely to be underdiagnosed. Pica is a recognised feature in adults with TSC and prompt recognition of this disorder should allow better management of patients with TSC. Springer International Publishing 2015-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4315804/ /pubmed/25664230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-0841-x Text en © Morrison et al.; licensee Springer. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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