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A novel missense mutation in CYLD in a family with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Oct 2003
Hu Guofang, Onder Meltem, Gill Melissa, Aksakal Burhan, Oztas Murat, Gürer M Ali, Celebi Jülide Tok
Abstract excerpt
Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BSS, familial cylindromatosis or turban tumor syndrome) is an inherited disease characterized by neoplasms of the skin appendages such as cylindroma, trichoepithelioma, and spiradenoma. The disease has been mapped to 16q12-13, and mutations in the CYLD gene have been identified in families with this disorder. Of interest, multiple familial trichoepithelioma (MFT) has been described as a...
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