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Mutations of the cathepsin C gene are responsible for Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Hart T C, Hart P S, Bowden D W, Michalec M D, Callison S A, Walker S J, Zhang Y, Firatli E
Abstract excerpt
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and severe early onset periodontitis that results in the premature loss of the primary and secondary dentitions. A major gene locus for PLS has been mapped to a 2.8 cM interval on chromosome 11q14. Correlation of physical and genetic maps of this interval indicate it includes at least 40 ESTs and six...
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