一个新奇的突变作为一名士兵肺胸病的罕见原因

Christopher G Shank1,2, Arthur W Holtzclaw1,2, Alexandra P Rosenberg1

  • 1Department of Pulmonology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA.

Military medicine
|June 3, 2024
PubMed
概括

伯特-霍格-杜布综合征 (BHD) 是一种罕见的遗传疾病,由于FLCN基因突变导致自发性肺胸. 早期诊断通过及时查癌和确定的肺胸部治疗来改善患者的结果.

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