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Identification of a locus for type I punctate palmoplantar keratoderma on chromosome 15q22-q24.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 2003
Martinez-Mir A, Zlotogorski A, Londono D, Gordon D, Grunn A, Uribe E, Horev L, Ruiz I M, Davalos N O, Alayan O, Liu J, Gilliam T C, Salas-Alanis J C, Christiano A M
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BACKGROUND: The identification of the molecular basis of disorders of keratinisation has significantly advanced our understanding of skin biology, revealing new information on key structures in the skin, such as the intermediate filaments, desmosomes, and gap junctions. Among these disorders, there is an extraordinarily heterogeneous group known as palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK), for which only a few molecular...
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