Dowling-Degos disease with asymmetrical axillary distribution and no KRT 5 exon 1 mutation

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 556-557

  Asahina, Akihiko ^a   Ishii, Norihisa ^b   Kai, Hiromichi ^a   Yamamoto, Mizuho ^a   Fujita, Hideki ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 5; LIQUID NITROGEN; KRT5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; AXILLA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYOSURGERY; DOWLING DEGOS DISEASE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATIN 5 GENE; KERATOSIS; LETTER; MUTATION; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ASIAN; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AXILLA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATIN-5; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 38849097880     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0313     Document Type: Letter

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