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    • What is BHD
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      • Genetic testing
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      • You have BHD, what now?
      • Finding a doctor
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      • Rare skin symptoms of BHD
      • Diagnosis
      • Overview of treatment options
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      • Other causes of skin tags
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      • Spontaneous pneumothorax
      • Signs and symptoms of a collapsed lung
      • Diagnosis
      • Overview of treatment options
      • Treatments
      • Surgical techniques
      • Things to consider if you have BHD
      • Other causes of lung cysts and pneumothorax
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      • Diagnosis
      • Overview of treatment options
      • Surgical kidney treatments
      • Advanced kidney cancer treatments
      • Other causes of hereditary kidney cancer
    • Other Symptoms of BHD
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      • Genetic counselling
      • Genetic discrimination
      • Insurance
      • Family planning
      • Telling others about BHD
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      • The Folliculin protein
      • Folliculin and metabolism
      • Apoptosis and the cell cycle
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