Familial case of piebaldism with regression of white forelock

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-512

  Matsunaga, H ^a   Tanioka, M ^a   Utani, A ^a   Miyachi, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; LETTER; LEUKODERMA; PIEBALDISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; PIEBALDISM; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 45149090742     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02703.x     Document Type: Letter

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