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Clinical and genetic spectrum of Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome patients in whom pneumothorax and/or multiple lung cysts are the presenting feature.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2010
Kunogi Makiko, Kurihara Masatoshi, Ikegami Takako Shigihara, Kobayashi Toshiyuki, Shindo Noriko, Kumasaka Toshio, Gunji Yoko, Kikkawa Mika, Iwakami Shin-ichiro, Hino Okio, Takahashi Kazuhisa, Seyama Kuniaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is an inherited autosomal genodermatosis characterised by fibrofolliculomas of the skin, renal tumours and multiple lung cysts. Genetic studies have disclosed that the clinical picture as well as responsible germline FLCN mutations are diverse. OBJECTIVES: BHDS may be caused by a germline deletion which cannot be detected by a conventional genetic approach. Real-time...
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