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Focal Dermal Hypoplasia with Osteopathia Striata.
Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 1 Aug 2022
Almashaqbeh Shefa S, Aljammal Diana S, Alharahsheh Hend M, Alqudah Samer F, Alkrimeen Rana A
Abstract excerpt
Background: Focal dermal hypoplasia is a genetic disease of multiple systems initially affecting the skin, skeleton, dental, eyes and face with developmental abnormalities and facial dysmorphism. Focal dermal hypoplasia is X-linked dominant disease affecting the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. 95% feature de novo and 90% of these are females. Focal dermal hypoplasia is induced by a mutation in the PORCN gene....
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