Pulmonary Neoplasms in Patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Histopathological Features and Genetic and Somatic Events.

Pulmonary Neoplasms in Patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Histopathological Features and Genetic and Somatic Events.

Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD) is an inherited disorder caused by genetic mutations in the folliculin (FLCN) gene. Individuals with BHD have multiple pulmonary cysts and are at a high risk for developing renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). Currently, little information is available about whether pulmonary...

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Main Authors: Mitsuko Furuya, Reiko Tanaka, Koji Okudela, Satoko Nakamura, Hiromu Yoshioka, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Ryo Shibuya, Kazuhiro Yatera, Hiroki Shirasaki, Yoshiko Sudo, Naoko Kimura, Kazuaki Yamada, Shugo Uematsu, Toshiaki Kunimura, Ikuma Kato, Yukio Nakatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4790923?pdf=render

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