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Genetic investigation of XPA gene: high frequency of the c.682C>T mutation in Moroccan XP patients with moderate clinical profile.
BMC research notes - 6 Dec 2017
Kindil Zineb, Senhaji Mohamed Amine, Bakhchane Amina, Charoute Hicham, Chihab Soumia, Nadifi Sellama, Barakat Abdelhamid
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease, associated with an inherited defect in one of eight different genes (XPA to XPG and XPV). In addition to the early onset of the skin manifestations, the XP group A is marked by the presence of a mild to severe neural disorders which appear tardily and worsens with age. In this study, 9 patients with moderate clinical...
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