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A novel member of a zinc transporter family is defective in acrodermatitis enteropathica.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2002
Wang Kun, Zhou Bing, Kuo Yien-Ming, Zemansky Jason, Gitschier Jane
Abstract excerpt
The rare inherited condition acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) results from a defect in the absorption of dietary zinc. Recently, we used homozygosity mapping in consanguineous Middle Eastern kindreds to localize the AE gene to an approximately 3.5-cM region on 8q24. In this article, we identify...
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