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A case of incontinentia pigmenti in Japan and its genetic examination.
Japanese journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2000
Huang Jane, Kondo Hiroyuki, Uchio Eiichi
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant genodermatosis with approximately one-third of cases with associated ocular complications. Deletion of exons 4 to 10 of the nuclear factor kappaB essential modulator (NEMO) gene accounts for the majority of new mutations. The disease is more commonly found among Caucasians. We studied a case of an IP patient in Japan, and the genomic rearrangements....
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