Epidermolysis bullosa simplex in Japanese and Korean patients: Genetic studies in 19 cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-317

  Yasukawa, K ^a   Sawamura, D ^a   Goto, M ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Jung, S Y ^b   Kim, S C ^b   Shimizu, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex; Genotype; Japanese and Korean; Keratin 14; Keratin 5; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; KERATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KERATIN 14 GENE; KERATIN 5 GENE; KOREA; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; KERATIN-14; KERATIN-5; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33745875983     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07285.x     Document Type: Article

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