Prevalence of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome in patients with apparently primary spontaneous pneumothorax

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1191-1194

  Johannesma, Paul C ^a   Reinhard, Rinze ^a   Kon, Yael ^a   Sriram, Jincey D ^b   Smit, Hans J ^b   Van Moorselaar, R Jeroen A ^a   Menko, Fred H ^c   Postmus, Pieter E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE;

ADULT; AGED; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLCN GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRT-HOGG-DUBE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIRT-HOGG-DUBE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926435232     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00196914     Document Type: Letter

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