Novel intronic germline FLCN gene mutation in a patient with multiple ipsilateral renal neoplasms

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1813-1819

  Gatalica, Zoran ^a   Lilleberg, Stan L ^a,b   Vranic, Semir ^a   Eyzaguirre, Eduardo ^c   Orihuela, Eduardo ^c   Velagaleti, Gopalrao ^c,d  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Birt Hogg Dub syndrome (BHDS); Chromosomal instability (CIN); FLCN gene; Hereditary renal syndromes; Mutations

Indexed keywords

VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; EPIGENETICS; FLCN GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; MET GENE; METHYLATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIPLE CANCER; ONCOCYTOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; SOMATIC MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYELID NEOPLASMS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRONS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PAPILLOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 70449084714     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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