Eruptive Vellus Hair Cysts in a Patient with Lowe Syndrome

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-57

  Nandedkar, Maithily A ^a,c   Minus, Harold ^a   Nandedkar, Meenakshi A ^a,b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LYSOSOME ENZYME; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; ENZYME RELEASE; ERUPTIVE VELLUS HAIR CYST; EYE DISEASE; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOWE SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OCULOCEREBRORENAL LOWE 1 GENE; PAPULE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS CYST; SYMPTOM; TISSUE INJURY; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; CYSTS; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOCEREBRORENAL SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 1342281808     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21112.x     Document Type: Article

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