Spontaneous pneumothorax due to Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome in a Chinese family

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 775-776

  So, Shun Yang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Queen's Road Central ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Folliculin; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary cyst

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROFOLLICULOMATA; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX;

BRONCHOGENIC CYST; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 68149084560     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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