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Clinical examination for hyperlinear palms to determine filaggrin genotype: A diagnostic test accuracy study.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Nov 2021
Bradshaw Lucy E, Haines Rachel H, Thomas Kim S, Chalmers Joanne R, Irvine Alan D, Williams Hywel C, Brown Sara J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Palmar hyperlinearity is a feature of ichthyosis vulgaris, the monogenic skin disorder caused by FLG loss-of-function mutations. OBJECTIVE: To investigate how well the presence or absence of hyperlinear palms (HLP) detect FLG genotype in children. METHODS: STARD criteria are used to report this diagnostic accuracy study. Phenotype and genotype data (four most prevalent FLG null mutations) were...
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