SPINK5 gene mutation and decreased LEKTI activity in three Chinese patients with Netherton's syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-567

  Zhao, Y ^a   Ma, Z H ^b   Yang, Y ^a   Yang, S X ^a   Wu, L S ^a   Ding, B L ^a   Lin, Z M ^a   Wang, A P ^a   Bu, D F ^a   Tu, P ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MUDANJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAZAL TYPE RELATED INHIBITOR PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MARKER GENE; NETHERTON DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SPINK5 GENE; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA, CONGENITAL; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; SYNDROME;

EID: 34547750375     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02438.x     Document Type: Article

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