Genetic diseases affecting the epidermis

Human genetic polymorphisms affecting HIV-1 diseases.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is generally characterized by a long-term, chronic disease course that gradually progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, a small fraction of HIV-1-infected individuals remain both clinically and immunologically healthy for 10 years or more after seroconversion. Conversely, the disease of another significant fraction...

Diseases Affecting the Vulva

Diseases Affecting the Vulva

4. Diseases Affecting SudomotorFunction

Mathias CJ, Bannister B. Invest igat ion of AutonomicDisorders, in: AutonomicFailure. A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Bannister R, Mathias CJ, Eds. Third ed. Oxford Med Pub, Oxford, 1992, p.255. Bannister R, Mathias CJ. The Management of Postural Hypotension, in: AutonomicFailure. A Textbookof Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Bannister R, Mat...

Genetic control of epidermis differentiation in Drosophila.

In arthropods, the animal body is isolated from the external environment by a protective exoskeleton called the cuticle. The cuticle of young larvae has certainly been the most scrutinized structure in Drosophila and genetic studies of the pattern of cuticular extensions has provided the main source of our comprehension of the control of embryonic development. However, the complex structure of ...