X-linked ichthyosis: An update

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 617-627

  Hernández Martín, Angela ^a,b   Gonzalez Sarmiento R ^b   De Unamuno, P ^b  

^a Hospital de Verin   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene deletion; Ichthyosis; Steroid sulphatase; X linked ichthyosis

Indexed keywords

STERYL SULFATASE;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ARYLSULFATASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS, X-LINKED; MALE; SKIN; STERYL-SULFATASE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032744721     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03098.x     Document Type: Review

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