Poikiloderma, tendon contracture and pulmonary fibrosis: A new autosomal dominant syndrome?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1057-1061

  Khumalo, N P ^a   Pillay, K ^b   Beighton, P ^b   Wainwright, H ^b   Walker, B ^a   Saxe, N ^a   Mayosi, B M ^a   Bateman, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Genetic; Poikiloderma; Pulmonary; Skin; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANKLE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BODY HAIR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FACE; FACE HAIR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOOT MALFORMATION; GAIT; HAIR; HAIR TEXTURE; HEREDITARY SCLEROSING POIKILODERMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LETHALITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PAPULE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNDROME; TELANGIECTASIA; TENDON CONTRACTURE; WEARY SYNDROME;

ADULT; CONTRACTURE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME; TENDONS;

EID: 33749865142     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07473.x     Document Type: Article

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