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Molecular epidemiology of pachyonychia congenita in the Israeli population.
Clinical and experimental dermatology - 1 Jun 2021
Pavlovsky M, Peled A, Samuelov L, Malki L, Malovitski K, Assaf S, Mohamad J, Meijers O, Eskin-Schwartz M, Sarig O, Sprecher E
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BACKGROUND: Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder featuring palmoplantar keratoderma, nail dystrophy, oral leucokeratosis, pilosebaceous cysts and natal teeth. PC results from dominant mutations in one of five genes (KRT6A, KRT6B, KRT6C, KRT16, KRT17) encoding keratin proteins. AIM: To delineate the clinical and genetic features of PC in a series of Israeli patients. METHODS: We used...
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