A new keratin 5 mutation (K199T) in a family with Weber-Cockayne epidermolysis bullosa simplex

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-76

  Xu, Z ^a   Dong, H ^b   Sun, X ^a   Zhu, X ^a   Yang, Y ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; LYSINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KERATIN-5; KERATINS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0842287386     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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