Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: Report of a new mutation

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-195

  Rehman, Habib U ^a  

^a REGINA QU APPELLE HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibrofolliculoma; Folliculin; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary cysts; Renal tumour

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; BODY HEIGHT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FACE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; NECK; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN NODULE; TACHYPNEA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRUNK; WEDGE RESECTION;

EID: 84863106297     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/734985     Document Type: Article

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