A new germline mutation in KIT associated with diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis in a Chinese family

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-149

  Wang, H J ^a,b   Lin, Z M ^a,b   Zhang, J ^a,b   Yin, J H ^a,b   Yang, Y ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING KEY LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS ON DERMATOSES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS MASTOCYTOSIS; EXON; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GERMLINE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIT GENE; MALE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 84894028771     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ced.12225     Document Type: Article

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