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A homozygous cathepsin C mutation associated with Haim-Munk syndrome.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2005
Cury V F, Gomez R S, Costa J E, Friedman E, Boson W, De Marco L
Abstract excerpt
Haim-Munk syndrome (HMS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized clinically by abnormal palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and destruction of the periodontium, with hallmarks of onychogryphosis and arachnodactyly. Germline mutations in the lysosomal protease cathepsin C gene (CTSC) have been described in a single patient with HMS and in several individuals with the clinically related disorder...
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