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A rare cause of pruritic ichthyosis: Sjögren-Larsson syndrome in the first reported patients of Cypriot descent

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  1. Clinical Genetics Department, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, P.O. Box 23462, 1683, Nicosia, Cyprus

    George A. Tanteles, Michael Nicolaou, Nasia Patsia, Turem Delikurt-Tuncalp, Elena Spanou-Aristidou & Violetta Christophidou-Anastasiadou

  2. Neurology Clinics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, P.O. Box 23462, 1683, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Eleni Leonidou & Theodoros Kyriakides

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Tanteles, G.A., Nicolaou, M., Patsia, N. et al. A rare cause of pruritic ichthyosis: Sjögren-Larsson syndrome in the first reported patients of Cypriot descent. Eur J Dermatol 25, 495–496 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2015.2615

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