Mutations in the keratin 85 (KRT85/hHb5) gene underlie pure hair and nail ectodermal dysplasia

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 892-895

  Shimomura, Yutaka ^a   Wajid, Muhammad ^a   Kurban, Mazen ^a   Sato, Nobuyuki ^b   Christiano, Angela M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; KERATIN 85; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONSANGUINITY; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; HAIR; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NAIL; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; KERATINS, TYPE II; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAIL DISEASES; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 76649103030     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.341     Document Type: Letter

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