A 7445g MTDNA mutation present in a portuguese family exhibiting hereditary deafness and palmoplantar
✍ Scribed by Maria Alexandra M.O.F. Feijóo; Rui Oliveira-Soares; João Pignatelli
- Book ID
- 116578609
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6787
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We report a French pedigree with members having an inherited combination of non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (NEPPK) and sensorineural deafness. The penetrance of both features was incomplete. Additional ectodermal defects were absent. The expression of numerous epidermal proteins (keratin