Molecular analysis of lipoid proteinosis: identification of a novel nonsense mutation in the <it>ECM1 </it>gene in a Pakistani family
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Lipoid proteinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by cutaneous and mucosal lesions and hoarseness appearing in early childhood that is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the <it>ECM1 </it>gene located on ch...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2011-07-01
|
Series: | Diagnostic Pathology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.diagnosticpathology.org/content/6/1/69 |