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A review of the clinical phenotype of 254 patients with genetically confirmed pachyonychia congenita.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Oct 2012
Eliason Mark J, Leachman Sancy A, Feng Bing-jian, Schwartz Mary E, Hansen C David
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BACKGROUND: Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a group of autosomal dominant keratinizing disorders caused by a mutation in one of 4 keratin genes. Previous classification schemes have relied on data from case series and case reports. Most patients in these reports were not genetically tested for PC. OBJECTIVE: We sought to clarify the prevalence of clinical features associated with PC. METHODS: We surveyed 254...
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