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Multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma in different ethnic groups: more than a founder mutation disorder?
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Oct 2007
D'Alessandro Mariella, Coats Stephanie E, Morley Susan M, Mackintosh Lorna, Tessari Gianpaolo, Turco Alberto, Gerdes Anne-Marie, Pichert Gabriella, Whittaker Sean, Brandrup Flemming, Broesby-Olsen Sigurd, Gomez-Lira Macarena, Girolomoni Giampiero, Maize John C, Feldman Ron J, Kato Naoko, Koga Yukiko, Ferguson-Smith Malcolm A, Goudie David R, Lane E Birgitte
Abstract excerpt
Multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma (MSSE), also known as Ferguson-Smith Disease, is a rare cancer-associated genodermatosis with an autosomal dominant inheritance. Affected patients suffer from recurrent skin lesions, which clinically and histologically resemble keratoacanthomas or well-d...
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