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Acrogeria with decreased gene expression of alpha1 (I) and alpha1 (III) collagen in cultured dermal fibroblasts.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Jul 2004
Wu Jinghai, Hatamochi Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of acrogeria. A 47-year-old Japanese man presented with micrognathism, thin lips, radial wrinkles around his month, atrophy of skin and subcutaneous tissue, and mottled hyperpigmentation on his extremities. A biopsy of the lesional skin showed flat epidermis and atrophy of the dermal layer. The in vitro life span of the patient's fibroblasts (18+/-2.2 PDL) was significantly shorter than that of...
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