Incontinentia pigmenti achromians of Ito: An ultrastructural study

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-257

  Palungwachira, Piti ^a   Palungwachira, Pranee ^b  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hypomelanosis of Ito (incontinentia pigmenti achromians); Ultrastructural study

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOMELANOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; ITO CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MELANOSOME; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 33645963975     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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