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Evidence of a founder effect for four cathepsin C gene mutations in Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome patients.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2001
Zhang Y, Lundgren T, Renvert S, Tatakis D N, Firatli E, Uygur C, Hart P S, Gorry M C, Marks J J, Hart T C
Abstract excerpt
We describe a mutation and haplotype analysis of Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome probands that provides evidence of a founder effect for four separate cathepsin C mutations. A total of 25 different cathepsin C mutations have been reported in 32 families with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) and associated conditions. A characteristic of these findings is the diversity of different cathepsin C mutations that have been...
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