Clinical diagnosis of incontinentia pigmenti in a cohort of male patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-267

  Fusco, Francesca ^a   Fimiani, Giorgia ^a   Tadini, Gianluca ^b   Michele, D'Urso ^a   Ursini, Matilde Valeria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

I KAPPA B KINASE GAMMA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INFANT; MALE; MOSAICISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B KINASE; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33846071480     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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