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A mutation in the V1 end domain of keratin 1 in non-epidermolytic palmar-plantar keratoderma.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Dec 1994
Kimonis V, DiGiovanna J J, Yang J M, Doyle S Z, Bale S J, Compton J G
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in keratin 9 have been found in families with an epidermolytic form of palmar-plantar keratoderma (PPK). In another form of PPK (Unna-Thost type), epidermolysis is not observed histologically. We studied a pedigree with this non-epidermolytic form of PPK. By gene linkage analysis, the type I keratin locus could be excluded but complete linkage with the type II keratin region was found. Sequence analysis...
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