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Haim-Munk syndrome and Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome are allelic mutations in cathepsin C.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Hart T C, Hart P S, Michalec M D, Zhang Y, Firatli E, Van Dyke T E, Stabholz A, Zlotogorski A, Shapira L, Soskolne W A, Zlorogorski A
Abstract excerpt
Of the many palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) conditions, only Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) and Haim-Munk syndrome (HMS) are associated with premature periodontal destruction. Although both PLS and HMS share the cardinal features of PPK and severe periodontitis, a number of additional findings are reported in HMS including arachnodactyly, acro-osteolysis, atrophic changes of the nails, and a radiographic...
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