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Genomics-based treatment in a patient with two overlapping heritable skin disorders: Epidermolysis bullosa and acrodermatitis enteropathica.
Human mutation - 1 May 2020
Vahidnezhad Hassan, Youssefian Leila, Sotoudeh Soheila, Liu Lu, Guy Alyson, Lovell Patricia A, Kariminejad Ariana, Zeinali Sirous, McGrath John A, Uitto Jouni
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is helpful in diagnosing complex genetic disorders and phenotypes, particularly when more than one overlapping condition is present. From a large cohort of 362 families with clinical manifestations of skin and mucosal fragility, referred by several major medical centers, one patient was found by NGS to have two overlapping heritable skin diseases, recessive dystrophic...
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