Proxy molecular diagnosis from whole-exome sequencing reveals Papillon-Lefevre syndrome caused by a missense mutation in CTSC.

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 diag...

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Main Authors: A Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Muslim M Alsaadi, Santiago Rodriguez, Tahani S Alotaibi, Philip A I Guthrie, Sian Lewis, Aasiya Ginwalla, Tom R Gaunt, Khalid K Alharbi, Fahad M Alsaif, Basma M Alsaadi, Ian N M Day
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370501?pdf=render