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Lack of<i>c-kit</i>mutation in familial urticaria pigmentosa
24 May 1999
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations within c-kit have been reported in individuals with mastocytoses, including urticaria pigmentosa (UP). We have identified three siblings with UP. We aimed to determine whether the c-kit proto-oncogene was playing a part in the aetiology of UP in these three siblings. Using seven microsatellite repeat markers spanning an 8-cM interval encompassing the c-kit gene we followed the transmission of...
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