Mal de Meleda: Genetic haplotype analysis and clinicopathological findings in cases originating from the island of Mljet (Meleda), Croatia

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-39

  Bakija Konsuo, Ana ^a   Basta Juzbasic, A ^b   Rudan, I ^c   Situm, M ^b   Nardelli Kovacic, Magdalena ^f   Levanat, Sonja ^b   Fischer, Judith ^d   Hohl, Daniel ^e   Loncaric, Davorin ^b   Seiwert, Sven ^b   Campbell, Harry ^f  

^a Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Keratoderma palmoplantaris transgrediens; Mal de Meleda; Mljet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 8; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROATIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MAL DE MELEDA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CROATIA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SKIN;

EID: 0036975939     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063151     Document Type: Article

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