Publications by authors named "Christina I Luffman"

Background: Manual qualitative and quantitative measures of terminal duct lobular unit (TDLU) involution were previously reported to be inversely associated with breast cancer risk. We developed and applied a deep learning method to yield quantitative measures of TDLU involution in normal breast tissue. We assessed the associations of these automated measures with breast cancer risk factors and risk.

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Scleroderma vasculopathy and ANCA (antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)-associated glomerulonephritis have rarely been reported to occur simultaneously in one patient. Herein, we report a patient who presented with a classic constellation of clinical and laboratory findings of systemic scleroderma and was subsequently found to be positive for p-ANCA. Two renal biopsies, performed 5 months apart, demonstrated typical changes of the two entities in both acute and "healed" phases, which were analyzed by computer mapping techniques.

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