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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Perspectives in Medical Research</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2348-229X</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">2348-1447</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47799/pimr.1201.09</article-id>
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          <bold id="strong-1b31a058afc9498585ae3c7ae8fd443d">Therapeutic effect of Topical Sirolimus on Facial Angiofibromas in Patients of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex</bold>
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          <name id="n-6784a3b37219">
            <surname>HN</surname>
            <given-names>Leena</given-names>
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          <degrees>Post-graduate</degrees>
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          <name id="n-8a4d6ca2b268">
            <surname>Raghavan</surname>
            <given-names>Savitha B</given-names>
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          <xref id="x-4716b431b5cd" rid="a-de41b5593789" ref-type="aff">2</xref>
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          <name id="n-3483244a3d5e">
            <surname>HR</surname>
            <given-names>Yogesh</given-names>
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          <xref id="x-60f771341cbd" rid="a-ad03e2613f3a" ref-type="aff">3</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name id="n-d62aad858e34">
            <surname>Sowmyanarayan</surname>
            <given-names>Sujatha</given-names>
          </name>
          <degrees>Professor</degrees>
          <email>sowmyanarayansujatha@gmail.com</email>
          <xref id="x-aaf24b6d3b7f" rid="a-8fa3efe351b4" ref-type="aff">4</xref>
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          <name id="n-7b5de3538f7b">
            <surname>Vittalrao</surname>
            <given-names>Amberkar Mohanbabu</given-names>
          </name>
          <degrees>Professor and Head</degrees>
          <xref id="x-8eabecae2f18" rid="a-051b10fe8369" ref-type="aff">5</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="n-f59b9cc46478">
            <surname>Hosthota</surname>
            <given-names>Abhineetha</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref id="x-e1bcf3ed71af" rid="a-8433f32cbc29" ref-type="aff">6</xref>
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        <aff id="a-b483ec0ade2d">
          <institution>Junior Resident, Department of Dermatology, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Attibele, Bangalore</institution>
          <addr-line>Karnataka</addr-line>
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          <institution>Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Attibele, Bangalore</institution>
          <addr-line>Karnataka</addr-line>
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        <aff id="a-ad03e2613f3a">
          <institution>Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Attibele, Bangalore</institution>
          <addr-line>Karnataka</addr-line>
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        <aff id="a-8fa3efe351b4">
          <institution>Professor, Department of Pharmacology, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Attibele, Bangalore</institution>
          <addr-line>Karnataka</addr-line>
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          <institution>Professor &amp; Head, Department of Pharmacology, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Attibele, Bangalore</institution>
          <addr-line>Karnataka</addr-line>
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          <institution>Professor &amp; HOD, Dermatology Department, The Oxford Medical College, Hospital and research cerntre</institution>
          <addr-line>Bangalore, Karnataka, 562107</addr-line>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>4</month>
        <year>2024</year>
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      <volume>12</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>45</fpage>
      <lpage>48</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>4</day>
          <month>3</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>12</day>
          <month>4</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>30</day>
          <month>3</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>©2023 (Leena HN) et al. This is an open-access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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        <title id="abstract-title-98ee95f9e46943989473f29673899ee7">Abstract</title>
        <p id="paragraph-bd834141750947cbb0e91bd662b59fb7"><bold id="strong-a0c77bfcf0c14e94ae3b95a18223434a">Introduction</bold>: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. Facial angiofibromas are the most common cutaneous findings of TSC. Treatment modalities such as laser, surgery, and/or cryotherapy are employed. Topical therapy with Sirolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, showed beneficial effects. <bold id="strong-35b25a7c2ff847d2a933cc4e9f5199df">Objective</bold>: To study the effects of topical sirolimus (0.1%) on Facial Angiofibromas in patients of TSC. <bold id="strong-d7ed14f39fe04c5ab5fd3ad231be0e34">Methodology</bold><bold id="strong-7683e881087e44e68cf4d4ff841b5f08">: </bold>Four patients with facial angiofibromas were included. They applied Sirolimus preparation twice daily, for 3 months. The Facial Angiofibroma Severity Index (FASI) was recorded pre-intervention, at 3 months and after 6 months. <bold id="strong-6d9524df4e184b01851cf8a4960a87e4">Results: </bold>All the patients showed a reduction in the FASI score at the end of three months of therapy. In three patients, on discontinuing therapy, there was no change in the FASI score at the end of six months, i.e., FASI 3 and FASI 6 were the same. <bold id="strong-87e741b7945745bf9a4c671e34fb1015">Conclusion:</bold> Topical sirolimus is an effective treatment for facial angiofibroma in patients with TSC.</p>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Facial Angiofibroma</kwd>
        <kwd>Topical Sirolimus</kwd>
        <kwd>Tuberous Sclerosis Complex</kwd>
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      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>None</funding-statement>
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