Wide spectrum of filaggrin-null mutations in atopic dermatitis highlights differences between Singaporean Chinese and European populations

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-114

  Chen, H ^a   Common, J E A ^a   Haines, R L ^a   Balakrishnan, A ^a   Brown, S J ^b   Goh, C S M ^a   Cordell, H J ^c   Sandilands, A ^b   Campbell, L E ^b   Kroboth, K ^b   Irvine, A D ^d,e   Goh, D L M ^f   Tang, M B Y ^g   Van Bever, H P ^f,g   Giam, Y C ^g   McLean, W H I ^b   Lane, E B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^d OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; JAPAN; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959724237     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10331.x     Document Type: Article

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