A retrospective study of incontinentia pigmenti seen at the National Skin Centre, Singapore over a 10-year period

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-413

  Chan, Y C ^a   Giam, Yoke Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Functional X chromosome mosaicism; Incontinentia pigmenti in males; Lines of Blaschko; Whorled scarring alopecia; X linked dominant inheritance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INFANT; MALE; MOSAICISM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOSAICISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035404504     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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