Diagnosis of fucosidosis through a skin rash

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 907-908

  Tsukadaira, Akihiro ^b,c   Hirose, Yoshiki ^b   Aoki, Hajime ^b   Ichikawa, Kazuo ^b   Sukarai, Akihiro ^a   Fukuzawa, Masao ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ina Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Iida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum; Fucosidosis; Lysosomal storage disorders

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANHIDROSIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FABRY DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUCOSIDOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; JAPAN; LYSOSOME; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT STATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; FUCOSIDOSIS; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SKIN;

EID: 24644448349     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.907     Document Type: Note

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