Letter to the Editor
Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2002) 118, 545–547; doi:10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01701.x
A Novel Point Mutation in the Keratin 17 Gene in a Japanese Case of Pachyonychia Congenita Type 2
Takaki Hashiguchi, Shinichi Yotsumoto, Hidehiko Shimada, Kenjiro Terasaki, Mitsuru Setoyama†, Keiko Kobayashi*, Takeyori Saheki* and Tamotsu Kanzaki
- Departments of Dermatology, Biochemistry, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan
- *Department of, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan
- †Department of Dermatology, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan
Correspondence: Dr Takaki Hashiguchi, Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890–8520, Japan. Email: hasiguti@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Received 15 April 2001; Revised 30 October 2001; Accepted 15 November 2001.
Abbreviations:
PC-2, pachyonychia congenita type 2
