Transglutaminase 1 deficiency and corneocyte collapse: An indication for targeted molecular screening in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis [6]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 808-810

  Esposito, G ^a   Tadini, G ^b   Paparo, F ^a   Viola, A ^a   Ieno, L ^a   Pennacchia, W ^a   Messina, F ^c   Giordano, L ^d   Piccirillo, A ^e   Auricchio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Evangelico Betania   (Italy)

^d SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA; CORNEA CELL; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN STRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA, CONGENITAL; MUTATION; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 34548588716     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08070.x     Document Type: Letter

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