Prevalent and rare mutations in the gene encoding filaggrin in Japanese patients with ichthyosis vulgaris and atopic dermatitis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1302-1305

  Nomura, Toshifumi ^a,b   Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Sandilands, Aileen ^b   Nemoto Hasebe, Ikue ^a   Sakai, Kaori ^a   Nagasaki, Akari ^a   Palmer, Colin N A ^c   Smith, Frances J D ^b   McLean, W H Irwin ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRY SKIN; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; JAPANESE; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q1701X GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; S1695X GENE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 65049088591     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.372     Document Type: Letter

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