Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: Clinical and genetic studies of 10 French families

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 527-537

  Kluger, N ^a   Giraud, S ^b   Coupier, I ^c   Avril, M F ^d   Dereure, O ^a   Guillot, B ^a   Richard, S ^e   Bessis, D ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^d Paris Descartes University   (France)

^e BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fibrofolliculoma; Lung cysts; Oral papules; Pneumothorax; Renal cysts; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; THYROTROPIN; FLCN PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENODERMATOSIS; GOITER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEA; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYST; FIBROMA; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 76949108697     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09517.x     Document Type: Article

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