Phenotypic variability among café-au-lait macules in neurofibromatosis type 1

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-447

  Boyd, Kevin P ^a,b   Gao, Liyan ^c   Feng, Rui ^c   Beasley, Mark ^d   Messiaen, Ludwine ^b   Korf, Bruce R ^b   Theos, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caf au lait macule; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Phenotype genotype correlation; Reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; NEUROFIBROMIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955917616     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.09.042     Document Type: Article

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