A case of galactosialidosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 405-409

  Nobeyama, Yoshimasa ^a   Honda, M ^a   Niimura, M ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Galactosialidosis; Neuraminidase; Protective protein

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; SIALIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FIBROBLAST; GALACTOSIALIDOSIS; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERICYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ANGIOKERATOMA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; HUMANS; LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAMINIDASE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041411168     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05488.x     Document Type: Article

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