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Emerging Role of Sirolimus in the Treatment of Diffuse Venous Malformation in a Woman with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome

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For their editorial assistance, we thank Jenni Weems, MS, Kerry Kennedy, BA, and Rachel Box, MS, in the Editorial Services group of The Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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This study was supported wholly by NIH T32 Institutional Training Grant T32EB006351-12. The funding body was not involved in the design of the study, collection/analysis/interpretation of the data, or the writing of the manuscript.

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    Frank Yuan, Christopher R. Bailey, Adham Khalil & Clifford R. Weiss

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C.R.W. is funded by BTG, Siemens, and Medtronic and is a consultant for BTG and Medtronic (all unrelated to this study). The remaining authors have nothing to disclose.

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Yuan, F., Bailey, C.R., Khalil, A. et al. Emerging Role of Sirolimus in the Treatment of Diffuse Venous Malformation in a Woman with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 44, 1672–1674 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-021-02902-5

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