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Cathepsin C gene: First compound heterozygous patient with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome and a novel symptomless mutation.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2001
Allende L M, García-Pérez M A, Moreno A, Corell A, Carasol M, Martínez-Canut P, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) has recently been shown to be caused by mutations in the cathepsin C gene resulting in periodontal disease and palmoplantar keratosis. Thirteen different homozygous mutations have been characterised in PLS patients of different ethnic origin. In the present paper, a PLS patient is described who carries two novel mutations (706G>T and 872G>A) in the paternal and maternal...
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