Additional familial case of subtotal leukonychia and sebaceous cysts (Bauer syndrome): Belong the nervous tumours to the phenotype?

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 436-443

  Morin, Gilles ^a   Desenclos, Christine ^a   Jeanpetit, Cécile ^a   Lévy, Nicolas ^b   Deramond, Hervé ^a   Mathieu, Michèle ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Autosomal dominant inheritance; Ependymoma; Leukonychia; Neurofibromatosis type 2; Phakomatosis; Sebaceous cysts; White nails

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAUER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPENDYMOMA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRON; LEUKONYCHIA; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEBACEOUS CYST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; DEAFNESS; EPIDERMAL CYST; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS, MALFORMED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROMA; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 50549103130     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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