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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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Autores principales: Sarasin, Alain, Munier, Patrick, Cartault, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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