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Constitutional FLCN mutations in patients with suspected Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome ascertained for non-cutaneous manifestations.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Maffé A, Toschi B, Circo G, Giachino D, Giglio S, Rizzo A, Carloni A, Poletti V, Tomassetti S, Ginardi C, Ungari S, Genuardi M
Abstract excerpt
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is characterized by a clinical triad including cutaneous hamartomas originating from hair follicles, lung cysts/pneumothorax, and kidney tumors. Inactivating mutations of the tumor suppressor gene FLCN are identified in most families with BHDS. Usually, patients are referred for genetic examination by dermatologists because of the presence of typical multiple skin tumors with or...
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