Diseases

Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome

Autosomal dominant neoplastic syndrome characterised by genodermatosis, lung cysts, spontaneous and recurrent PNEUMOTHORAX; and RENAL CANCER. It is associated with mutations in the folliculin protein gene (FLCN protein).

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Abstract

Autosomal dominant neoplastic syndrome characterised by genodermatosis, lung cysts, spontaneous and recurrent PNEUMOTHORAX; and RENAL CANCER. It is associated with mutations in the folliculin protein gene (FLCN protein).

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5 entry terms
  • Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome
  • Fibrofolliculomas with Trichodiscomas and Acrochordons
  • Hornstein-Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome
  • Hornstein-Knickenberg Syndrome
  • Birt Hogg Dube Syndrome

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2011

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  2. C16w.320w.700w.212w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058249. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058249
  2. Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birt%E2%80%93Hogg%E2%80%93Dub%C3%A9_syndrome
  3. Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2532540