Hereditary gelsolin amyloidosis: A new japanese case with cutis laxa as a diagnostic clue

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-203

  Asahina, Akihiko ^a   Yokoyama, Teruo ^a   Ueda, Mitsuharu ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a   Ohshima, Noboru ^a   Saito, Ikuo ^b   Tadokoro, Etsuko ^a   Hasegawa, Kazuko ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTIS LAXA; DNA DETERMINATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEREDITARY GELSOLIN AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SCAR;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; CUTIS LAXA; ELASTIC TISSUE; GELSOLIN; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; SKIN;

EID: 79952418068     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1011     Document Type: Article

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