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Filaggrin gene variants among Saudi patients with ichthyosis vulgaris.
BMC medical genomics - 23 Oct 2023
Alakloby Omar Mohammed, Almuqarrab Fatimah, Zschocke Johannes, Schmuth Mathias, Abdulkareem Adnan, Alnutaifi Kholood, Borgio Francis, Gruber Robert, Hennies Hans Christian
Abstract excerpt
Ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of cornification disorders. The most common form of ichthyoses is ichthyosis vulgaris (IV) ([OMIM] #146,700), which can be inherited as autosomal semi-dominant mutation in the filaggrin gene (FLG). We present the findings of a study involving 35 Saudi patients with a clinical diagnosis of ichthyosis vulgaris. For identifying the pathogenic mutation of their disease, we used...
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