Electron microscopic DOPA reaction test for oculocutaneous albinism

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 301-305

  Takizawa, Yasuko ^a   Kato, Shingo ^a   Matsunaga, Jun ^b   Aozaki, Ryoji ^c   Tomita, Yasushi ^d   Nishikawa, Takeji ^a   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^e  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SRL INC   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albino; Gene analysis; Mutation; OCA; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

DOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0034121075     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030000133     Document Type: Article

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