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How history and geography may explain the distribution in the Comorian archipelago of a novel mutation in DNA repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum patients
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare, genetic, autosomal nucleotide excision repair-deficient disease characterized by sun-sensitivity and early appearance of skin and ocular tumors. Thirty-two black-skinned XP from Comoros, located in the Indian Ocean, were counted, rendering this area the highest...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7198018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31930276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2019-0046 |