Pilomatricoma-Like Changes in the Epidermoid Cysts of Gardner Syndrome with an APC Gene Mutation [6]

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-257

  Urabe, Kazunori ^a   Xia, Jianxin ^b   Masuda, Teiichi ^a   Moroi, Yoichi ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^a   Matsumoto, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Basic Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Gardner syndrome; Pilomatricoma

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BASOPHIL; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; GARDNER SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOMATRIXOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL;

EID: 1842736915     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00669.x     Document Type: Letter

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