Detection of Folliculin Gene Mutations in Two Chinese Families with Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome (BHD, OMIM#135150) is a rare disease in clinic; it is characterized by skin fibrofolliculomas, pulmonary cysts with an increased risk of recurrent pneumothorax, renal cysts, and renal neoplasms. Previous studies have demonstrated that variants in folliculin (FLCN, NM_144997)...

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Main Authors: Lv Liu, Kai Yang, Xiang Wang, Zhihui Shi, Yifeng Yang, Yu Yuan, Ting Guo, Xiaocui Xiao, Hong Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8751384