Cases: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: An inherited cause of spontaneous pneumothorax

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Pierce, Cameron W ^a   Hull, Peter R ^a   Lemire, Edmond G ^a   Marciniuk, Darcy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG BULLA; LUNG CYST; PAPULE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; BIOPSY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN;

BIOPSY; BIRT-HOGG-DUBE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; SKIN;

EID: 79958755423     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.092121     Document Type: Article

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