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Clinical and mutational heterogeneity of Darier disease in Tunisian families.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Jun 2009
Bchetnia Mbarka, Charfeddine Cherine, Kassar Selma, Zribi Hela, Guettiti Haifa Tounsi, Ellouze Feten, Cheour Mejda, Boubaker Samir, Osman Amel Dhahri-Ben, Abdelhak Sonia, Mokni Mourad
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the mutation spectrum and phenotype-genotype correlation of Darier disease (DD) in Tunisian patients. DESIGN: Case series. SETTING: Referral center: Department of Dermatology (La Rabta Hospital), Tunis, Tunisia. PATIENTS: Eight large Tunisian families with DD, with a total of 23 patients and 9 unaffected family members. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Patients were investigated at the clinical,...
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