Filaggrin null mutations are not a protective factor for acne vulgaris

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1378-1380

  Common, John E A ^a   Brown, Sara J ^b   Haines, Rebecca L ^a   Goh, Christabelle S M ^a   Chen, Huijia ^a,b   Alakrishnan, Anita ^a   Munro, Colin S ^c   Tan, Audrey W H ^d   Tan, H H ^d   Tang, Mark B Y ^d   Lane, E Birgitte ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 79956019238     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.23     Document Type: Letter

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