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A case of bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (BCIE) caused by a mutation in the 1A helix initiation motif of keratin 1.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Oct 2005
Uezato Hiroshi, Yamamoto Yu-Ichi, Kuwae Chojiro, Nonaka Kimiko, Oshiro Minoru, Kariya Ken-Ichi, Nonaka Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
Bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (BCIE) is an autosomally dominant inherited disorder characterized by erythematous, erosive, and bullous skin lesions over the entire body at birth and abnormal hyperkeratosis on the palmoplantar sufaces as the patient grows older. BCIE is caused by a mutation in the keratin 1 (K1) and/or keratin 10 (K10) genes, and most pathogenic mutations are found within the helix...
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