Kindler syndrome in native Americans from Panama: Report of 26 cases

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 939-944

  Penagos, Homero ^a,f   Jaen, Marta ^b   Sancho, Mario T ^c   Saborio, Manuel R ^c   Fallas, Victor G ^d   Siegel, Dawn H ^e   Frieden, Ilona J ^e  

^a Chiriqui Regional Hospital David   (Panama)

^b Changuinola Hospital Changuinola   (Panama)

^c National Children's Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Chiriqui Reg Hosp Apdo 855 David   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLISTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONGENITAL ACRAL BLISTER; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; KINDLER SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANAMA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHIMOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SKIN ATROPHY; SYNDROME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; PANAMA; PEDIGREE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

EID: 4043167157     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.8.939     Document Type: Article

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