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Two new mutations in the keratin 4 gene causing oral white sponge nevus in Chinese family.
Oral diseases - 1 Jan 2009
Zhang J M, Yang Z W, Chen R Y, Gao P, Zhang Y R, Zhang L F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated white sponge nevus (WSN) in a Chinese family, and tried to find new mutation and demonstrated that this mutation is the causative mutation for WSN in this family and this condition affects a functionally important segment of the keratin 4 protein. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied the affected family with the 32-year-old female patient, her mother, her younger sister and her daughter....
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