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Desmoplakin mutations with palmoplantar keratoderma, woolly hair and cardiomyopathy.
Acta dermato-venereologica - 1 Mar 2015
Pigors Manuela, Schwieger-Briel Agnes, Cosgarea Rodica, Diaconeasa Adriana, Bruckner-Tuderman Leena, Fleck Thilo, Has Cristina
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in genes encoding for desmosomal components are associated with a broad spectrum of phenotypes comprising skin and hair abnormalities and account for 45-50% of cases of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Today, more than 120 dominant and recessive desmoplakin (DSP) gene mutations have been reported to be associated with skin, hair and/or heart defects. Here we report on 3 cases with yet...
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