Human and mouse disorders of pigmentation

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 284-289

  Spritz, Richard A ^a   Chiang, Pei Wen ^a   Oiso, Naoki ^a   Alkhateeb, Asem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME; GENETIC DISORDER; GRISCELLI SYNDROME; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR ALBINISM; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PHENOTYPE; PIEBALDISM; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITILIGO;

EID: 0038350653     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(03)00059-5     Document Type: Review

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