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Partially disturbed lamellar granule secretion in mild congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma with ALOX12B mutations.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jul 2010
Akiyama M, Sakai K, Yanagi T, Tabata N, Yamada M, Shimizu H
Abstract excerpt
Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE) (OMIM 242100) is a major type of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) showing generalized scaling and erythroderma without blister formation. Mutations in ALOX12B (OMIM 603741), encoding 12R-lipoxygenase (LOX), were identified in patients with CIE in 2002. To date, several ALOX12B mutations have been reported in CIE families. LOXs are a family of nonhaem,...
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