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A novel mutation of CYLD in a Chinese family with multiple familial trichoepithelioma.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Nov 2012
Ying Z-X, Ma H-Q, Liu Y, Xiao S-X, Wang Y-X, Wang G-X
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Trichoepithelioma is a benign cutaneous tumour that originates from hair follicles and occurs either as a sporadic non-familial or a multiple-familial type. Recently, several mutations in the cylindromatosis (CYLD) gene have been reported in multiple familial trichoepithelioma (MFT). OBJECTIVES: To report a Chinese family of MFT and to explore the genetic mutation. METHODS: A Chinese pedigree of...
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