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Tricho-Hepato-Eenteric Syndrome: Same Genotype but Different Phenotypes in Two Pakistani Children.
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP - 1 Feb 2022
Waheed Nadia, Saeed Anjum, Cheema Huma Arshad
Abstract excerpt
Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome (THES) is characterised by infantile diarrhea with characteristic facies, trichorrhexis nodosa and hepatic involvement. The underlying genetic mutation is in tetratricopeptide repeat domain 37 (TTC37) gene. It is a very rare syndrome and only 44 cases have been reported so far in the medical literature. We recently diagnosed two children with THES on genetic analysis, who had same...
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