G11R mutation in GJB6 gene causes hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia involving only hair and nails in a Chinese family
Nan CHEN
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Nan Chen and Chao Xu contributed equally to this work.
Present address: Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Search for more papers by this authorChao XU
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Center of Molecular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, An Affiliate of Shanghai JiaoTong University Medical School, Shanghai
Nan Chen and Chao Xu contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorBing HAN
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Center of Molecular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, An Affiliate of Shanghai JiaoTong University Medical School, Shanghai
Search for more papers by this authorZhen-Ying WANG
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorYa-Li SONG
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorSong LI
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorRui-Li ZHANG
Department of Dermatology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Weihai, China † These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorChun-Ming PAN
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Center of Molecular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, An Affiliate of Shanghai JiaoTong University Medical School, Shanghai
Search for more papers by this authorLi ZHANG
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorNan CHEN
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Nan Chen and Chao Xu contributed equally to this work.
Present address: Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Search for more papers by this authorChao XU
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Center of Molecular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, An Affiliate of Shanghai JiaoTong University Medical School, Shanghai
Nan Chen and Chao Xu contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorBing HAN
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Center of Molecular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, An Affiliate of Shanghai JiaoTong University Medical School, Shanghai
Search for more papers by this authorZhen-Ying WANG
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorYa-Li SONG
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorSong LI
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorRui-Li ZHANG
Department of Dermatology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Weihai, China † These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorChun-Ming PAN
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Center of Molecular Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, An Affiliate of Shanghai JiaoTong University Medical School, Shanghai
Search for more papers by this authorLi ZHANG
Department of Dermatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Ji’nan
Search for more papers by this authorPresent address: Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.

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