Trichothiodystrophy: Current concepts

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Price, Vera H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 0030316823     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549600100113     Document Type: Article

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