Diagnosing Sjögren-Larsson syndrome in a 7-year-old Moroccan boy

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-275

  Bernardini, M L ^a   Cangiotti, A M ^b   Zamponi, N ^a   Porfiri, L ^a   Cinti, S ^b   Offidani, A ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ICHTHYOSIS; KERATINOCYTE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SJOEGREN LARSSON SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CELL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPASTICITY;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME; SKIN;

EID: 33846923092     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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