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X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia mutations in Brazilian families.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Sept 2003
Visinoni Atila F, de Souza Ricardo L R, Freire-Maia Newton, Gollop Thomaz R, Chautard-Freire-Maia Eleidi A
Abstract excerpt
X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED) is characterized by severe hypohidrosis, hypotrichosis, and hypodontia. The gene responsible for this pleiotropic syndrome (ED1) consists of 12 exons, 8 of them coding for a transmembrane protein (ectodysplasin-A; EDA-A) involved in the developmental process of epithelial-mesenchymal interaction. ED1 mutations that cause alterations in this protein lead to the...
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