The P25L mutation in the KRT5 gene in a Japanese family with epidermolysis bullosa simplex with mottled pigmentation [9]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 609-611

  Hamada, T ^a   Ishii, N ^a   Kawano, Y ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Inoue, M ^a   Yasumoto, S ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KRT5 GENE; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; KERATIN-5; KERATINS; MALE; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 1842454253     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2004.05820.x     Document Type: Letter

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