Unique mutations in the filaggrin gene in Japanese patients with ichthyosis vulgaris and atopic dermatitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 434-440

  Nomura, Toshifumi ^a   Sandilands, Aileen ^b   Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Liao, Haihui ^b   Evans, Alan T ^c   Sakai, Kaori ^a   Ota, Mitsuhito ^d   Sugiura, Hisashi ^e   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^e   Sato, Hiroshi ^e   Palmer, Colin N A ^f   Smith, Frances J D ^b   McLean, W H Irwin ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Human Genetics Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Oji General Hospital   (Japan)

^e SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atopy; eczema; Filaggrin; genetics; genodermatosis; ichthyosis; keratinization; mutation; skin; skin barrier

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; KERATOHYALIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FLG GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33846820433     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.12.646     Document Type: Article

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