Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome with a renal angiomyolipoma: Further evidence of a relationship between Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome and tuberous sclerosis complex

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Byrne, Marguerite ^a   Mallipeddi, Raj ^a   Pichert, Gabriella ^b   Whittaker, Sean ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiomyolipoma; Birt Hogg Dub syndrome; folliculin gene; tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; MUCIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CHROMOSOME 17P; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; KIDNEY CYST; LUNG CYST; ONSET AGE; PAPULE; PELVIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; BIRT-HOGG-DUBE SYNDROME; ESTRONE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84861022294     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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