Links
The BHD Syndrome website is the result of a partnership between the Myrovlytis Trust and the Birt-Hogg-Dubé Family Alliance.
On this page we will post links to BHD articles that can be accessed online at no charge. We’ll also post links to other organizations that may provide help or information to patients, not just in the U.S., but throughout the world.
We take no responsibility for the content of any of these websites.
Research Artilces on Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
You can find several articles about BHD on the internet, more specifically on PubMed. Please consult your doctor or a genetic counselor if you have questions after reading material about Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome.
Many scientific articles have been written about BHD. Most of them are published by professional medical journals. This means that they are not available in full online unless you have a subscription to them; these subscriptions are sometimes held by doctors, sometimes by medical professionals. As a member of the general public, you may have to pay a fee to download them. The cost averages from US $10 – US $75. Your doctor may be able to get them free if he/she has connections to a teaching hospital or research facility that subscribes to the journal. As we find free current articles, we will post the links here. These could be useful for you to print out and take to your medical appointments if your doctor/s are not familiar with BHD.
2008
- This article compiles reviews past studies by different authors and has some useful information and statistics about BHD in general.
BHD mutations, clinical and molecular genetic investigations of Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: A new series of 50 families and a review of published reports.
Jorge R Toro, Ming-Hui Wei, Gladys Glenn, Michael Weinreich , Ousmane Toure, Cathy Vocke, Maria L Turner, Maria Merino, Peter Pinto, Seth Steinberg, Laura Schmidt and W Marston Linehan.
2007
- This article discusses clinical and genetic features of a large group of BHD families.
Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Clinical and Genetic Studies of 20 Families Edward M Leter, A Karijn Koopmans, Johan J P Gille, Theo A M van Os, Gabriëlle G Vittoz, Eric F L David, Elisabeth H Jaspars, Pieter E Postmus, R Jeroen A van Moorselaar, Mikael E Craanen, Theo M Starink and Fred H Menko - Identification of the Genes for Kidney Cancer: Opportunity for Disease-Specific Targeted Therapeutics
W. Marston Linehan, Peter A. Pinto, Ramaprasad Srinivasan, Maria Merino, Peter Choyke, Lynda Choyke, Jonathan Coleman, Jorge Toro, Gladys Glenn4, Cathy Vocke, Bert Zbar, Laura S. Schmidt, Donald Bottaro and Len Neckers
2006
- Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Clinicopathologic Findings and Genetic Alterations
Brian P. Adley, MD; Norm D. Smith, MD; Ritu Nayar, MD; Ximing J. Yang, MD, PhD
2005
- Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Pulmonary Cysts
Carolina A. Souza, Richard Finley and Nestor L. Müller
Worldwide links
Canada
UK
U.S.
- National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
- Patient Advocate Foundation
- Genetic Alliance
- National Organization for Rare Disorders
- Kidney Cancer
- www.cancerguide.org
- CURE