The name is derived from the Latin and Greek terms “tuber”, which means swelling, and “skleros”, which means hard. The “tubers” were first discovered in the brains of patients and were recorded in ...

Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is a complex genetic disease that can affect many organs in the body. Many of the complications of tuberous sclerosis can be treated but it is essential to identify them early.

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurocutaneous, autosomal dominant genetic disease affecting ∼1 in 6,000 to 10,000 live births 1,2,3,4. TSC causes highly variable, multisystem growth of benign ...

Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disorder that is caused by a mutation in the TSC1 or TSC2 gene. The gene mutations may occur spontaneously or be inherited from a parent that possesses the defected ...