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[Two mutations of the KRT6A gene in Chinese patients with pachyonychia congenita type I].
Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2009
Bai Zhuan-li, Feng Yi-guo, Tan Sheng-shun, Kang Rui-hua, Wang Xin-yang, He Da-lin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the gene mutation in a Chinese pedigree and one sporadic case with pachyonychia congenita type I(PC-1), as well as to explore the relationship between the genotype and phenotype. METHODS: The whole coding region of the KRT16 and KRT6A genes were amplified by long-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Six patients with PC-1 were studied, five of them were from a pedigree and the other...
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