Article
Usefulness of a global clinical ichthyosis vulgaris scoring system for predicting common FLG null mutations in an adult caucasian population.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Nov 2012
Ezzedine K, Droitcourt C, Ged C, Diallo A, Hubiche T, de Verneuil H, Boralevi F, Taïeb A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Loss of function FLG alleles were first identified as causative of ichthyosis vulgaris (IV) and were subsequently found to be major predisposing factors for atopic dermatitis (AD) and atopic disorders. OBJECTIVES: To identify independent factors associated with the clinical IV phenotype in adult caucasian patients with AD and to assess the performance of a global clinical severity score of IV in...
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