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Harlequin ichthyosis due to novel splice site mutation in the ABCA12 gene: postnatal to prenatal diagnosis.
International journal of dermatology - 1 Apr 2018
Sheth Jayesh J, Bhavsar Riddhi, Patel Dhairya, Joshi Aishwarya, Sheth Frenny J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is a severe genetic disorder caused by the mutation in the ABCA12 gene. Infants born with this condition have markedly thickened, hard stratum corneum skin all over the body. METHODS: A female child born with a thick white plate of skin with deep cracks all over the body was investigated for genes associated with congenital Ichthyosis by Next Generation sequencing. The...
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