Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Laugier-Hunziker syndrome is a rare benign idiopathic condition characterized by acquired macular pigmentation of the lips and buccal mucosa, often accompanied by melanonychia. Although the etiopathogenesis is not fully known, tyrosine is thought to be responsible for the pathogenesis of enzyme hype...

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Autores principales: Enginar, Ayşe Ünal, Karaman, Nehir Samancı, Karakaş, Ayşe Akman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6409823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30858634
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2019.83243
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author Enginar, Ayşe Ünal
Karaman, Nehir Samancı
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description Laugier-Hunziker syndrome is a rare benign idiopathic condition characterized by acquired macular pigmentation of the lips and buccal mucosa, often accompanied by melanonychia. Although the etiopathogenesis is not fully known, tyrosine is thought to be responsible for the pathogenesis of enzyme hyperactivity in melanin biosynthesis. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman diagnosed with Laugier-Hunziker syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.
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spelling pubmed-64098232019-03-11 Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis Enginar, Ayşe Ünal Karaman, Nehir Samancı Karakaş, Ayşe Akman Reumatologia Case Report Laugier-Hunziker syndrome is a rare benign idiopathic condition characterized by acquired macular pigmentation of the lips and buccal mucosa, often accompanied by melanonychia. Although the etiopathogenesis is not fully known, tyrosine is thought to be responsible for the pathogenesis of enzyme hyperactivity in melanin biosynthesis. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman diagnosed with Laugier-Hunziker syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie 2019-02-28 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6409823/ /pubmed/30858634 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2019.83243 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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Karakaş, Ayşe Akman
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title_full Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
title_fullStr Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
title_short Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
title_sort laugier-hunziker syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6409823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30858634
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2019.83243
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