Congenital alopecia and nail dystrophy associated with severe functional T-cell immunodeficiency in two sibs

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Pignata, Claudio ^a   Fiore, Michele ^a   Guzzetta, Vito ^a   Castaldo, Annunziata ^a   Sebastio, Gianfranco ^a   Porta, Fulvio ^b   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

alopecia; immunodeficiency; nail dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CELL MARKER; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MITOGENESIS; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALOPECIA; ANTIGENS, CD3; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; PREGNANCY; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029959773     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961016)65:2<167::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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