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Table 3 The prevalence of skin lesions in different regions of the world

From: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome encountered at rare lung disease clinic in Anhui province, China

Author

Years

Region

Cases

The prevalence of skin lesions (%)

Laura S. Schmidt et al. + 

2005

Europe

219

84

Nishant Gupta et al.$

2017

America

104

71

Joo Hee Lee et al.&

2019

Korea

12

50

Mitsuko Furuya et al.#

2016

Japan

156

49

Keqiang Liu et al.*

2019

Beijing

39

47

This study

2021

Anhui

47

68

  1.  +data from Am. J. Hum. Genet 2005, 76: 1023–1033; $data from Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017, 14(5): 706–713; &data from Korean J Intern Med 2019, 34(4): 830–840; #data from Clin Genet 2016, 90: 403–412; *data from Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019, 15; 14(1): 223