Clinical features of multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis: An underdiagnosed tumor syndrome

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-206

  Alam, N Afrina ^a   Barclay, Ella ^a   Rowan, Andrew J ^a   Tyrer, Jonathan P ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^b   Manek, Sanjiv ^c   Kelsell, David ^d   Leigh, Irene ^d   Olpin, Simon ^e   Tomlinson, Ian P M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE HYDRATASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INJURY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13444309137     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.2.199     Document Type: Article

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