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SUBMITTER: Gupta A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4648218 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gupta Aayush A Sharma Yugal Y Deo Kirti K Vellarikkal Shamsudheen S Jayarajan Rijith R Dixit Vishal V Verma Ankit A Scaria Vinod V Sivasubbu Sridhar S
F1000Research 20150731
Lamellar ichthyosis (LI), considered an autosomal recessive monogenic genodermatosis, has an incidence of approximately 1 in 250,000. Usually associated with mutations in the transglutaminase gene ( TGM1), mutations in six other genes have, less frequently, been shown to be causative. Two siblings, born in a collodion membrane, presented with fish like scales all over the body. Karyotyping revealed duplication of the chromosome arm on 22q12+ in the father and two siblings. Whole exome sequencing ...[more]