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A Novel Locus for Ectodermal Dysplasia of Hair, Nail and Skin Pigmentation Anomalies Maps to Chromosome 18p11.32-p11.31.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Habib Rabia, Ansar Muhammad, Mattheisen Manuel, Shahid Muhammad, Ali Ghazanfar, Ahmad Wasim, Betz Regina C
Abstract excerpt
Ectodermal dysplasias (EDs) are a large heterogeneous group of inherited disorders exhibiting abnormalities in ectodermally derived appendages such as hair, nails, teeth and sweat glands. EDs associated with reticulated pigmentation phenotype are rare entities for which the genetic basis and pathophysiology are not well characterized. The present study describes a five generation consanguineous Pakistani family...
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