Heterozygous manifestations in female carriers of Mal de Meleda [2]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-246

  Mokni, M ^b   Charfeddine, C ^b   Ben Mously, R ^b   Baccouche, D ^b   Kaabi, B ^b   Ben Osman, A ^b   Dellagi, K ^b   Abdelhak, Sonia ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; LETTER; MALE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ANTIGENS, LY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TUNISIA; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 1242330800     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0009-9163.2004.00224.x     Document Type: Letter

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