Tyrosinase gene analysis in Japanese patients with oculocutaneous albinism

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Goto, Maki ^a   Sato Matsumura, Kazuko C ^a   Sawamura, Daisuke ^a   Yokota, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^a   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mutation; OCA1A; OCA1B; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPIN TRAPPING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYROSINASE GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; CHILD; DATABASES, GENETIC; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 4644370146     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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