Hereditary Benign Intraepithelial Dyskeratosis: Report of a Case and Re-examination of the Evidence for Locus Heterogeneity.

doi:10.3109/13816810.2014.889169

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Hereditary Benign Intraepithelial Dyskeratosis: Report of a Case and Re-examination of the Evidence for Locus Heterogeneity.

Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Jan 2016

Bui Tina, Young Jonathan W, Frausto Ricardo F, Markello Thomas C, Glasgow Ben J, Aldave Anthony J

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BACKGROUND: Hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis (HBID) is a rare autosomal-dominant disorder of the conjunctiva and oral mucosa first described in and predominantly affecting descendents of Haliwa-Saponi Native Americans. We report a spontaneous case of histopathologically-confirmed HBID affecting an individual not of Native American ancestry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Report of a case with...

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