Whorled scarring alopecia: A rare phenomenon in incontinentia pigmenti?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 929-931

  Chan, Yuin Chew ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^b   Giam, Yoke Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MARKER; ECTODERM; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCARRING ALOPECIA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0142244811     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)00474-2     Document Type: Article

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