A novel germ-line mutation of PTCH1 gene in a Japanese family of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome: Are the palmoplantar pits associated with true basal cell carcinoma?

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-146

  Otsubo, Sawa ^a   Honma, Masaru ^a   Asano, Kazuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Iizuka, Hajime ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BerEP4; Gli1; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTCH1 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45449083427     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.03.006     Document Type: Letter

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