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Pachyonychia congenita in Japan: report of familial cases with a recurrent KRT16 mutation

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan

    Yutaka Inaba, Nobuo Kanazawa & Fukumi Furukawa

  2. Sakurane Dermatology Clinic, Tanabe, 646-0025, Japan

    Yoshihisa Sakurane

  3. Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan

    Hajime Nakano & Daisuke Sawamura

  4. Department of Dermatology, Kagawa University, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan

    Kozo Yoneda

  5. Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan

    Takahiro Hamada & Takashi Hashimoto

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Inaba, Y., Kanazawa, N., Furukawa, F. et al. Pachyonychia congenita in Japan: report of familial cases with a recurrent KRT16 mutation. Eur J Dermatol 24, 122–123 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2013.2244

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