Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: diagnosis and management

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1199-1206

  Menko, Fred H ^a   van Steensel, Maurice AM ^b   Giraud, Sophie ^c   Friis Hansen, Lennart ^d   Richard, Stéphane ^e   Ungari, Silvana ^f   Nordenskjöld, Magnus ^g   Hansen, Thomas vO ^d   Solly, John ^h   Maher, Eamonn R ⁱ  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f Departemento di Laboratorio   (Italy)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h Myrovlytis Trust   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; TUBERIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CANCER SCREENING; CHROMOSOME 17P; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CYST; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

CYSTS; GENETIC TESTING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 70849136880     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70188-3     Document Type: Review

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