Significance of extensive Mongolian spots in Hunter's syndrome

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1173-1178

  Ochiai, Toyoko ^a   Ito, K ^b   Okada, T ^b   Chin, M ^b   Shichino, H ^b   Mugishima, H ^b  

^a SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscope; Extracellular sheaths; Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Hunter's syndrome; Mongolian spots

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMADROME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTER SYNDROME; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYMES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS II; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0038685050     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05317.x     Document Type: Article

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