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Filaggrin null alleles are not associated with psoriasis.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 2007
Zhao Yiwei, Terron-Kwiatkowski Ana, Liao Haihui, Lee Simon P, Allen Michael H, Hull Peter R, Campbell Linda E, Trembath Richard C, Capon Francesca, Griffiths Christopher E M, Burden David, McManus Ross, Hughes Rosalind, Kirby Brian, Rogers Sarah F, Fitzgerald Oliver, Kane David, Barker Jonathan N W N, Palmer Colin N A, Irvine Alan D, McLean W H Irwin
Abstract excerpt
Psoriasis is a common skin disease with an etiology consistent with a multifactorial trait. Several psoriasis susceptibility loci are known, a number of which are also implicated in a predisposition to atopic dermatitis (AD), including the epidermal differentiation complex on chromosome 1q21. It has recently been shown in several replicate studies that prevalent null alleles for the filaggrin gene (FLG) on 1q21...
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