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Failure to find evidence for deletion of LCE3C and LCE3B genes at PSORS4 contributing to psoriasis susceptibility in Tunisian families.
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Feb 2014
Ammar M, Bouchlaka-Souissi C, Soumaya K, Bouhaha R, Ines Z, Bouazizi F, Doss N, Dhaoui R, Ben Osman A, Ben Ammar-El Gaaïed A, Mokni M, Marrakchi R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, it has been shown that a deletion in the late cornified envelope (LCE) gene cluster (LCE3C_LCE3B-del) is associated with susceptibility to psoriasis in European and Asian populations. However, no study of this deletion has been performed in the North African population. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether this deletion is associated with familial psoriasis in Tunisian...
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