Autosomal dominant progressive hyperpigmentation and lentigines in a Japanese pedigree due to a missense mutation near the C-terminus of KIT

Br J Dermatol. 2018 Nov;179(5):1210-1211. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16895. Epub 2018 Sep 25.

Authors

T Takeichi¹, K Sugiura², K Tanahashi¹, K Noda¹, M Kono¹, M Akiyama¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
² Department of Dermatology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, 470-1192, Japan.

PMID: 29923175
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16895

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Biopsy
DNA Mutational Analysis
Disease Progression
Exome Sequencing
Female
Genes, Dominant / genetics*
Humans
Japan
Lentigo / genetics*
Lentigo / pathology
Male
Mutation, Missense
Pedigree
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics*
Skin / pathology

Substances

KIT protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit