Delayed diagnosis of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome might be aggravated by gender bias

Summary: Background: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome is a rare genetic tumor syndrome characterized by renal cell cancer, lung bullae, pneumothorax, and fibrofolliculoma. Patients with such orphan tumor disorders are at risk of not receiving a timely diagnosis. In the present, gender-sensitive study, we an...

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Main Authors: Ortrud K. Steinlein, Marlene Reithmair, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Elke C. Sattler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537022003029