Exons 1–3 deletion in FLCN is associated with increased risk of pneumothorax in Chinese patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

Abstract Background The pathogenic variants responsible for Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) in folliculin (FLCN) gene mostly consist of point mutations. Although large intragenic deletions/duplications have been reported in several case reports, the relationship between large intragenic deletions/dup...

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Main Authors: Yue Wang, Mengru Cai, Xianliang Jiang, Guangyu Lv, Daiju Hu, Guofeng Zhang, Jinli Liu, Wei Wei, Jun Xiao, Bing Shen, Jay H. Ryu, Xiaowen Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-023-02710-9