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Congenital ichthyosis: mutations in ichthyin are associated with specific structural abnormalities in the granular layer of epidermis.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2007
Dahlqvist J, Klar J, Hausser I, Anton-Lamprecht I, Pigg M Hellström, Gedde-Dahl T, Gånemo A, Vahlquist A, Dahl N
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BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a heterogeneous group of skin disorders. Several mutant genes have been identified in ARCI, but the association between genotype and phenotype is poorly understood. METHODS: To investigate genotype-phenotype correlations in ARCI, we selected 27 patients from 18 families with specific ultrastructural features of the epidermis. The characteristic...
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