Haber's syndrome may be a clinical entity different from Dowling-Degos disease

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 215-217

  Nishizawa, A ^c   Nakano, H ^b   Satoh, T ^a   Takayama, K ^a   Sawamura, D ^b   Yokozeki, H ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dowling Degos disease; Genodermatosis; Haber syndrome; Keratin 5

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 5; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENODERMATOSIS; HABER SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALIGNANT ATROPHIC PAPULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; AGED; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATIN-5; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; PEDIGREE; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649215229     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08938.x     Document Type: Letter

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