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Mutation analysis of the FLCN gene in Chinese patients with sporadic and familial isolated primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2008
Ren H-Z, Zhu C-C, Yang C, Chen S-L, Xie J, Hou Y-Y, Xu Z-F, Wang D-J, Mu D-K, Ma D-H, Wang Y, Ye M-H, Ye Z-R, Chen B-F, Wang C-G, Lin J, Qiao D, Yi L
Abstract excerpt
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a common manifestation of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome caused by folliculin gene (FLCN) mutation, which is also found in isolated familial PSP cases. A complete genetic analysis of FLCN was performed in 102 unrelated Chinese patients with isolated PSP and 21 o...
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