A novel keratin 9 gene mutation (Asn160His) in a Taiwanese family with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-310

  Lin, J H ^a   Lin, M H ^b   Yang, M H ^c   Chao, S C ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; KERATIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CYTOLYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDERMOLYTIC PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KERATIN 9 GENE; KERATINOCYTE; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; TAIWAN;

EID: 2442707890     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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