Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia syndrome: A case report and a pathological insight into pilosebaceous anomaly

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-406

  Kamo, Mariko ^a   Ohyama, Manabu ^a   Kosaki, Kenjiro ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^a   Ebihara, Tamotsu ^a   Nakayama, Junko ^b   Ishiko, Akira ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

alopecia; and photophobia (IFAP) syndrome; follicular plugging; ichthyosis follicularis; sebaceous hypoplasia; transverse section

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; UREA;

ACANTHOSIS; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRY SKIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC DISORDER; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDIFIER; ICHTHYOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS FOLLICULARIS, ALOPECIA, AND PHOTOPHOBIA SYNDROME; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALP; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; XEROSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ALOPECIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS, X-LINKED; MALE; MICROTOMY; PHOTOPHOBIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 79958259187     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181e8b562     Document Type: Article

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