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Abnormal cornified cell envelope formation in mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma unrelated to epidermal differentiation complex.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jul 1998
Akiyama M, Christiano A M, Yoneda K, Shimizu H
Abstract excerpt
Mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma represents a heterogeneous group of disorders, unified by characteristic mutilation of the fingers or toes, associated with palmoplantar keratoderma. Although loricrin gene mutations were recently reported in Vohwinkel's syndrome and erythrokeratoderma, the genetic basis of mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma is largely unexplored. We studied a family of non-Vohwinkel's...
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