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disease > genetic disease > hereditary disease > Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
disease > urinary system disease > kidney disease > Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
disease > skin appendages disease > skin disease > Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
disease > tumor > Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

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Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome  

Definition

  • Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome (BHD), also Hornstein–Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome, Hornstein–Knickenberg syndrome, and fibrofolliculomas with trichodiscomas and acrochordons is a human autosomal dominant genetic disorder that can cause susceptibility to kidney cancer, renal and pulmonary cysts, and noncancerous tumors of the hair follicles, called fibrofolliculomas. (Wikipedia)

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