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Dye laser photodynamic therapy for Bowen's disease in a patient with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
Osaka city medical journal - 1 Dec 2012
Sunohara Mari, Ozawa Toshiyuki, Morimoto Kuniyuki, Harada Teruichi, Ishii Masamitsu, Fukai Kazuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare heritable skin disease that results in unusual susceptibility to infection with specific types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Here we report a 53-year-old man with EV who developed Bowen's disease on his lower eyelid and the chest. Mutation analysis of EVER1 gene revealed homozygous splice acceptor site mutation (IVS8-2, A > T). In this patient, HPV3, HPV14, and...
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