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| Nilo A AvilaSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: a syndrome associated with inherited genetic defects that impair lymphocytic apoptosis--CT and US featuresN A Avila
Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1182, USA
Radiology 212:257-63. 1999..To describe the imaging findings in patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and to relate the findings to the clinical and genetic features of this recently recognized syndrome...- Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: correlation of ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy, chest radiography, and CT with pulmonary function testsN A Avila
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1182, USA
Radiology 214:441-6. 2000..To determine the findings on ventilation-perfusion (V-P) scintigrams, computed tomographic (CT) scans, and chest radiographs and correlate them with pulmonary function test results in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis... - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: abdominopelvic CT and US findingsN A Avila
Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 1C 660, Bethesda, MD 20892 1182, USA
Radiology 216:147-53. 2000..To describe the abdominal computed tomographic (CT) and ultrasonographic (US) findings in patients with thoracic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and to relate the prevalence of the findings to the severity of pulmonary disease... 
Sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis and tuberous sclerosis complex with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: comparison of CT featuresNilo A Avila
Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1182, USA
Radiology 242:277-85. 2007..To retrospectively compare the frequencies of computed tomographic (CT) findings in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and LAM...- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT of diurnal variation of lymphangioleiomyomasN A Avila
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 1C 660, 10 Center Dr MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892 1182, USA
Radiology 221:415-21. 2001..To evaluate the imaging and clinical features of lymphangioleiomyomas and to describe the phenomenon of diurnal variation in the size of lymphangioleiomyomas in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis... - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: correlation of qualitative and quantitative thin-section CT with pulmonary function tests and assessment of dependence on pleurodesisNilo A Avila
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 1C 660, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892 1182, USA
Radiology 223:189-97. 2002.... - Pneumothorax after air travel in lymphangioleiomyomatosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and sarcoidosisAngelo M Taveira-Dasilva
Translational Medicine Branch, NationalHeart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1590, USA
Chest 136:665-70. 2009..The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of pneumothorax associated with air travel in patients with LAM, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and sarcoidosis... 
Progressive preclinical interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritisBernadette R Gochuico
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1590, Bethesda, MD 20892 1590, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:159-66. 2008..The objective of this study was to identify asymptomatic lung disease and potential therapeutic targets in patients having RA and preclinical ILD (RA-ILD)...- Multidimensional volumetric imaging of pulmonary infiltrates for measuring therapeutic response to antifungal therapy in experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosisVidmantas Petraitis
Immunocompromised Host Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, CRC, Rm. 1W-5740, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1100, Bethesda, MD 20892-1100, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:1510-7. 2006.... - Serum vascular endothelial growth factor-D levels in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis reflect lymphatic involvementConnie G Glasgow
Translational Medicine Branch, Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1590, USA
Chest 135:1293-300. 2009..We assessed serum VEGF-D concentrations in relationship to clinical phenotype in LAM patients... - Genetic and morphologic determinants of pneumothorax in lymphangioleiomyomatosisWendy K Steagall
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1590, USA
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 293:L800-8. 2007..Polymorphisms in types I and III collagen and matrix metalloproteinase-1 genes may cause differences in lung extracellular matrix that result in greater susceptibility to pneumothorax... - Automated quantification of high-resolution CT scan findings in individuals at risk for pulmonary fibrosisIvan O Rosas
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Chest 140:1590-7. 2011..Automated methods to quantify interstitial lung disease (ILD) on high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans in people at risk for pulmonary fibrosis have not been developed and validated... - Combination therapy in treatment of experimental pulmonary aspergillosis: in vitro and in vivo correlations of the concentration- and dose- dependent interactions between anidulafungin and voriconazole by Bliss independence drug interaction analysisVidmantas Petraitis
Immunocompromised Host Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, Rm 1W 5750, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53:2382-91. 2009.... - Hemodynamic and functional assessment of patients with sickle cell disease and pulmonary hypertensionAnastasia Anthi
Vascular Medicine Branch, Clinical Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 2089, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175:1272-9. 2007..Although pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) associated with high mortality, there exist few data characterizing hemodynamics and cardiopulmonary function in this population... - CT of pleural abnormalities in lymphangioleiomyomatosis and comparison of pleural findings after different types of pleurodesisNilo A Avila
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Bldg. 10, Rm. 1C-660, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 186:1007-12. 2006..e., thoracentesis, thoracostomy)... - Prevalence of uterine leiomyomas in lymphangioleiomyomatosisAngelo M Taveira-Dasilva
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1590, USA
Fertil Steril 96:711-714.e1. 2011..To determine the frequency of uterine leiomyomas and hysterectomy in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a disease characterized by proliferation of abnormal-appearing smooth muscle-like cells... - Maximal oxygen uptake and severity of disease in lymphangioleiomyomatosisAngelo M Taveira-Dasilva
Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:1427-31. 2003..We conclude that CPET uncovers the presence of exercise-induced hypoxemia and assists in grading the severity of disease and determining supplemental oxygen requirements in patients with LAM... - Sonography of lymphangioleiomyoma in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: demonstration of diurnal variation in lesion sizeNilo A Avila
Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1182, Bldg. 10, Rm. 1C-658, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 184:459-64. 2005..After a mass is shown in a patient with LAM, repeat sonography in the morning and afternoon is useful to depict diurnal variation in size and echotexture and to confirm the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyoma and avoid biopsy... - Effect of pirfenidone on the pulmonary fibrosis of Hermansky-Pudlak syndromeWilliam A Gahl
Heritable Disorders Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Mol Genet Metab 76:234-42. 2002..Clinical and laboratory side effects were similar in the two groups. Pirfenidone appears to slow the progression of pulmonary fibrosis in HPS patients who have significant residual lung function... - Treatment of metastatic osteosarcoma with the somatostatin analog OncoLar: significant reduction of insulin-like growth factor-1 serum levelsPatrick J Mansky
Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 2669, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:440-6. 2002..Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has been implicated in the growth and/or metastasis of osteosarcoma (OS) and chondrosarcoma based on in vitro and experimental animal studies... - Immunologic, virologic, and neuropsychologic responses in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children receiving their first highly active antiretroviral therapy regimenRohan Hazra
HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1868, USA
Viral Immunol 20:131-41. 2007.... - Waist circumference, BMI, and visceral adipose tissue in white women and women of African descentAnne E Sumner
Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:671-4. 2011..As WC-BMI relationship did not differ by race, the same BMI-based WC guidelines may be appropriate for black and white women. However, if WC is defined by VAT, race-specific WC thresholds are required... - Prevalence and clinical characteristics of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complexJ Moss
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Diagnostic Radiology Department, Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1590, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164:669-71. 2001..The prevalence of LAM in women with TSC was 34%, approximately 10-fold that previously reported, consistent with a large hitherto unrecognized subclinical population of patients at risk for pulmonary complications... - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM): a review of clinical and morphological featuresV J Ferrans
Pathology Section, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Behtesda, MD 20892 1518, USA
J Nippon Med Sch 67:311-29. 2000..Types of treatment used for LAM include oophorectomy, administration of Lupron or progesterone and in very severe cases, pulmonary transplantation (following the onset of respiratory insufficiency, not relieved by O(2))... - Pyrimethamine treatment does not ameliorate lymphoproliferation or autoimmune disease in MRL/lpr-/- mice or in patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndromeV Koneti Rao
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Hematol 82:1049-55. 2007..We conclude that these drugs do not warrant further use empirically or as part of clinical trials in ALPS Type Ia as a lympholytic agent... - Efficacy, safety, and plasma pharmacokinetics of escalating dosages of intravenously administered ravuconazole lysine phosphoester for treatment of experimental pulmonary aspergillosis in persistently neutropenic rabbitsRuta Petraitiene
Immunocompromised Host Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:1188-96. 2004..Intravenously administered ravuconazole lysine phosphoester showed dose-dependent efficacy and an excellent safety profile for the treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in persistently neutropenic rabbits... - Early interstitial lung disease in familial pulmonary fibrosisIvan O Rosas
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1590, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:698-705. 2007..Identification of early, asymptomatic interstitial lung disease (ILD) in populations at risk of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may improve the understanding of the natural history of IPF... - Phenotypic profiling of parents with cryptic nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia: findings in 145 unrelated familiesRadha Nandagopal
Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Division of Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Eur J Endocrinol 164:977-84. 2011.... - Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: radiography and CT of the chest compared with pulmonary function tests and genetic studiesNilo A Avila
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 1C-660, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 179:887-92. 2002..CONCLUSION: High-resolution CT provides a good radiologic monitor of disease status and progression in patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome and correlates well with patient age, extent of pulmonary dysfunction, and genetic findings... - Metabolic syndrome traits in long-term survivors of pediatric sarcomaKaren E Hoffman
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:341-6. 2008..This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome traits (MST) in long-term survivors of pediatric sarcoma (SARC) who received multi-modality therapy (MMT)... - Combination therapy in treatment of experimental pulmonary aspergillosis: synergistic interaction between an antifungal triazole and an echinocandinVidmantas Petraitis
Immunocompromised Host Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 187:1834-43. 2003..The combination of an antifungal triazole and echinocandin may represent a new strategy for treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis... - Bone formation in transplants of human bone marrow stromal cells and hydroxyapatite-tricalcium phosphate: prediction with quantitative CT in miceMahesh H Mankani
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave, Ward 3A, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Radiology 230:369-76. 2004..To determine whether quantitative computed tomography (CT) can be used to estimate the extent of new bone formation in hydroxyapatite-tricalcium phosphate (HA-TCP)-based transplants... - The NHLBI lymphangioleiomyomatosis registry: characteristics of 230 patients at enrollmentJay H Ryu
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Desk East 18, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:105-11. 2006..Previous descriptions of clinical characteristics of subjects with lymphangioleiomyomatosis have been based on a limited number of patients...