A case of monilethrix caused by novel compound heterozygous mutations in the desmoglein 4 (DSG4) gene

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Farooq, M ^a   Ito, M ^a   Naito, M ^a   Shimomura, Y ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN; DESMOGLEIN 4; PLAKOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KERATOSIS; MALE; MONILETHRIX; PAPULE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON, NONSENSE; DESMOGLEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MONILETHRIX; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 79960634106     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10373.x     Document Type: Article

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