A Japanese case of naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome associated with segmental vitiligo [8]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 812-814

  Muramatsu, S ^a   Suga, Yasushi ^a   Mizuno, Y ^a   Hasegawa, T ^a   Komuro, Y ^a   Kubo, Y ^b   Imakado, S ^c   Ogawa, H ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Hiroo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEVUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VITILIGO;

EID: 17644374121     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06504.x     Document Type: Letter

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