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Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) consists of autosomal dominant dysgenetic disorders characterized by hamartomas and neoplasms involving the central nervous system (CNS) and various other tissues.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M551, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0102, USA

    Tarik Tihan M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, RM 286A, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Adekunle M. Adesina M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, San Francisco, California, USA

    Tarik Tihan

  3. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Virgin Islands, USA

    Christine E. Fuller

  4. PBTC Neuroimaging Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Tina Young Poussaint

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Tihan, T., Adesina, A.M. (2016). Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33432-5_28

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