Type I oculocutaneous albinism associated with a full-length deletion of the tyrosinase gene

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1137-1140

  Schnur, Rhonda E ^a   Sellinger, Beatrice T ^a   Holmes, Stuart A ^b   Wick, Penelope A ^a   Tatsumura, Yvonne O ^a   Spritz, Richard A ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029972105     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12340185     Document Type: Article

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