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A novel splicing mutation and haplotype analysis of the FECH gene in a Chinese family with erythropoietic protoporphyria.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Jun 2010
Ma J, Xiao S, An J, Wang X, Xu Q, Dong Y, Feng Y, Wang J
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BACKGROUND: Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of haeme biosynthesis resulting from a partial decrease in ferrochelatase (FECH) activity leading to excessive accumulation of protoporphyrin. Clinical manifestation normally requires coinheritance of a common hypomorphic FECH allele and a deleterious FECH mutation. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to characterize the...
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