Carney complex: A clinicopathologic and molecular biological study of a sporadic case, including extracutaneous and cutaneous lesions and a novel mutation of the PRKAR1A gene

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-87

  Kacerovska, Denisa ^a   Sima, Radek ^a   Michal, Michal ^a,b   Hes, Ondrej ^a   Roucka, Patrik ^a   Zarybnicka, Marta ^a   Hora, Milan ^a   Chudacek, Zdenek ^a,c   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b BIOPTICAL LABORATORY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

blue nevus; cardiac myxomas; Carney complex; chromosome 17q24; cutaneous myxomas; novel mutation; PRKAR1A gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLUE NEVUS; CALCIFICATION; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYXOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKAR1A GENE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THYROID ADENOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE RIALPHA SUBUNIT; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYXOMA; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 66949146186     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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