Skin and heart: Une liaison dangereuse

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 658-668

  Bolling, Maria C ^a   Jonkman, Marcel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiocutaneous syndrome; Desmoplakin; Desmosome; Plakoglobin; Plectin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PLECTIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CARVAJAL SYNDROME; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOSOME; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAIR DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; LEOPARD SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALMOPLANTAR KERATODERMA; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH; WOOLLY HAIR;

ANIMALS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GAMMA CATENIN; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PLECTIN; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 70449473084     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00908.x     Document Type: Review

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