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Clinical and morphological correlations for transglutaminase 1 gene mutations in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 1999
Laiho E, Niemi K M, Ignatius J, Kere J, Palotie A, Saarialho-Kere U
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a group of inherited disorders of cornification in which progress has recently been made in the identification of pathogenic mechanisms causing the disease. Transglutaminase 1 (TGM1) has been found as a defective gene in a large fraction of patients with lamellar ichthyosis (LI), a severe inherited scaling disorder of the skin. We have previously performed...
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