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RET mutation screening in familial cutaneous lichen amyloidosis and in skin amyloidosis associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 1996
Hofstra R M, Sijmons R H, Stelwagen T, Stulp R P, Kousseff B G, Lips C J, Steijlen P M, Van Voorst Vader P C, Buys C H
Abstract excerpt
In several families, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A) has been found in association with cutaneous lichen amyloidosis. It has been debated, however, whether the skin amyloidosis found in MEN 2A families, localized exclusively in the interscapular area, represents the same anomaly as that found in autosomal dominant familial cutaneous lichen amyloidosis, which is more generalized. We screened two MEN...
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