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A novel large deletion of the CYLD gene causes CYLD cutaneous syndrome in a Chinese family.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Oct 2020
Zhu Ruizheng, Xu Jie, Shen Juan, Li Wenru, Tan Fei, Li Changchang, Wei Zhichen, Liu Yeqiang, Bai Yun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: CYLD cutaneous syndrome (CCS; syn. Brooke-Spiegler syndrome) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary disease characterized by multiple adnexal skin tumors including cylindromas, spiradenomas, and trichoepitheliomas. More than 100 germline mutations of the cylindromatosis (CYLD) gene have been reported in CCS and most of them are frameshift mutations or small alterations. METHODS: We identified a...
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