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Loss of Function Variants in the XPC Causes Severe Xeroderma Pigmentosum in Three Large Consanguineous Families.
Klinische Padiatrie - 1 May 2022
Nawal Warda, Ullah Asmat, Ullah Ubaid, Farrakh Kanza, Ahmad Farooq, Khan Hammal, Ahmad Gul Saeed, Khan Bushra, Ansar Muhammad, Kalsoom Umm-E-, Ahmad Wasim
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BACKGROUND: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare recessively inherited disorder that presents clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Mutations in eight genes, of which seven are involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway have been reported to cause the XP. METHODS AND RESULTS: Three large consanguineous families of Pakistani origin displaying typical clinical hallmarks of XP were evaluated at clinical and...
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