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SUBMITTER: Erzurumluoglu AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4370501 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erzurumluoglu A Mesut AM Alsaadi Muslim M MM Rodriguez Santiago S Alotaibi Tahani S TS Guthrie Philip A I PA Lewis Sian S Ginwalla Aasiya A Gaunt Tom R TR Alharbi Khalid K KK Alsaif Fahad M FM Alsaadi Basma M BM Day Ian N M IN
PloS one 20150323 3
Papillon-Lefevre syndrome (PLS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by severe early onset periodontitis and palmoplantar hyperkeratosis. A previously reported missense mutation in the CTSC gene (NM_001814.4:c.899G>A:p.(G300D)) was identified in a homozygous state in two siblings diagnosed with PLS in a consanguineous family of Arabic ancestry. The variant was initially identified in a heterozygous state in a PLS unaffected sibling whose whole exome had been sequenced as part of a pr ...[more]