Novel and recurrent nonsense mutation of the SLC39A4 gene in Japanese patients with acrodermatitis enteropathica

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-186

  Nakano, H ^a,d   Nakamura, Y ^b   Kawamura, T ^b   Shibagaki, N ^b   Matsue, H ^c   Aizu, T ^a   Rokunohe, D ^a   Akasaka, E ^a   Kimura, K ^a   Nishizawa, A ^a   Umegaki, N ^a   Mitsuhashi, Y ^c   Shimada, S ^b   Sawamura, D ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis enteropathica; Mutation; SLC39A4; Zinc deficiency; ZIP4

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLC39A4 GENE; SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ACRODERMATITIS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ZINC;

EID: 67649946110     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09120.x     Document Type: Article

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