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Mutations in the human connexin gene GJB3 cause erythrokeratodermia variabilis.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Richard G, Smith L E, Bailey R A, Itin P, Hohl D, Epstein E H, DiGiovanna J J, Compton J G, Bale S J
Abstract excerpt
Erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV, OMIM 133200) is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis with considerable intra- and interfamilial variability. It has a disfiguring phenotype characterized by the independent occurrence of two morphologic features: transient figurate red patches and localized or generalized hyperkeratosis. Both features can be triggered by external factors such as trauma to the skin. After...
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