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Homozygous null mutations in ZMPSTE24 in restrictive dermopathy: evidence of genetic heterogeneity.
Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Ahmad Z, Phadke S R, Arch E, Glass J, Agarwal A K, Garg A
Abstract excerpt
Restrictive dermopathy (RD) results in stillbirth or early neonatal death. RD is characterized by prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation, fixed facial expression, micrognathia, mouth in the 'o' position, rigid and tense skin with erosions and denudations and multiple joint contractures. Nearly all 25 previously reported neonates with RD had homozygous or compound heterozygous null mutations in the ZMPSTE24...
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