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Familial pityriasis rubra pilaris is caused by mutations in CARD14.
American journal of human genetics - 13 Jul 2012
Fuchs-Telem Dana, Sarig Ofer, van Steensel Maurice A M, Isakov Ofer, Israeli Shirli, Nousbeck Janna, Richard Katharina, Winnepenninckx Veronique, Vernooij Marigje, Shomron Noam, Uitto Jouni, Fleckman Philip, Richard Gabriele, Sprecher Eli
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Pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is a papulosquamous disorder phenotypically related to psoriasis. The disease has been occasionally shown to be inherited in an autosomal-dominant fashion. To identify the genetic cause of familial PRP, we ascertained four unrelated families affected by autosomal-dominant PRP. We initially mapped PRP to 17q25.3, a region overlapping with psoriasis susceptibility locus 2 (PSORS2 [MIM...
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