Atopic Eczema and the Filaggrin Story

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-137

  Brown, Sara J ^a   Irvine, Alan D ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; JAPAN; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS;

EID: 46649111732     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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