A Japanese family with multiple lung cysts and recurrent pneumothorax: A possibility of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1413-1417

  Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Oka, Hiroaki ^a   Amemiya, Yuka ^a   Iwata, Atsuko ^a   Otani, Satoshi ^a   Kishi, Kenji ^a   Shirai, Ryo ^a   Tokimatsu, Issei ^a   Kawahara, Katsunobu ^a   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystic lung disease; Family history; Spontaneous pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIRT HOGG DUBE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED REST; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; LUNG CYST; PEDIGREE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 70349507175     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2144     Document Type: Article

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