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Novel germline mutations in FLCN gene identified in two Chinese patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome

Overview of attention for article published in Ai zheng Aizheng Chinese journal of cancer, January 2017
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Title
Novel germline mutations in FLCN gene identified in two Chinese patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome
Published in
Ai zheng Aizheng Chinese journal of cancer, January 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40880-016-0172-5
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Authors

Teng Li, Xianghui Ning, Qun He, Kan Gong

Abstract

Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome, a hereditary renal cancer syndrome caused by mutations in the folliculin (FLCN) gene, is characterized by the presence of fibrofolliculomas, pulmonary cysts, spontaneous pneumothorax, and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Few BHD syndrome cases have been reported in Asian countries, and cutaneous presentations are relatively rare in Asian patients. Asian BHD patients may be misdiagnosed due to their atypical manifestations. Here, we report two Chinese BHD patients with novel FLCN mutations (c.946-947delAG in exon 9 and c.770-772delCCT in exon 7). Both of them had RCC and spontaneous pneumothorax without fibrofolliculomas. In patients with RCC and pulmonary cysts but without cutaneous lesions, screening for mutations in the FLCN gene should be performed, especially for those with a family history of RCC or pulmonary cysts (pneumothorax).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 11 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 36%
Lecturer 1 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 9%
Other 1 9%
Student > Master 1 9%
Other 1 9%
Unknown 2 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 36%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 9%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2017.
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#2,963,863
of 22,962,258 outputs
Outputs from Ai zheng Aizheng Chinese journal of cancer
#24
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#62,607
of 421,646 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Ai zheng Aizheng Chinese journal of cancer
#3
of 11 outputs
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