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Mutations in CERS3 cause autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis in humans.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2013
Radner Franz P W, Marrakchi Slaheddine, Kirchmeier Peter, Kim Gwang-Jin, Ribierre Florence, Kamoun Bourane, Abid Leila, Leipoldt Michael, Turki Hamida, Schempp Werner, Heilig Roland, Lathrop Mark, Fischer Judith
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a rare genetic disorder of the skin characterized by abnormal desquamation over the whole body. In this study we report four patients from three consanguineous Tunisian families with skin, eye, heart, and skeletal anomalies, who harbor a homozygous contiguous gene deletion syndrome on chromosome 15q26.3. Genome-wide SNP-genotyping revealed a homozygous region in...
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