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Molecular analysis of lipoid proteinosis: identification of a novel nonsense mutation in the ECM1 gene in a Pakistani family.
Diagnostic pathology - 26 Jul 2011
Nasir Muhammad, Latif Amir, Ajmal Muhammad, Qamar Reem, Naeem Muhammad, Hameed Abdul
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UNLABELLED: Lipoid proteinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by cutaneous and mucosal lesions and hoarseness appearing in early childhood that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the ECM1 gene located on chromosome 1q21. The aim of the study was to investigate the molecular genetic defect underlying lipoid proteinosis in a consanguineous Pakistani family. METHODS:...
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