Lung cysts in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: Histopathological characteristics and aberrant sequence repeats: Original Article

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 720-728

  Koga, Shunsuke ^a,b   Furuya, Mitsuko ^d   Takahashi, Yoko ^b   Tanaka, Reiko ^c   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^b   Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^b   Hiroshima, Kenzo ^b   Kurihara, Masatoshi ^e   Yoshino, Ichiro ^b   Aoki, Ichiro ^d   Nakatani, Yukio ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Nissan Tamagawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar cysts; Birt Hogg Dub syndrome; Pneumothorax; Sequence repeat

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG CYST; LUNG RESECTION; MACROPHAGE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CYSTS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, DOMINANT; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 70349515966     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02434.x     Document Type: Article

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