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Nature Genetics 23, 421–424 (1 December 1999) | doi:10.1038/70525

Loss-of-function mutations in the cathepsin C gene result in periodontal disease and palmoplantar keratosis

Carmel Toomes , Jacqueline James , A. Joseph Wood , Chu Lee Wu , Derek McCormick , Nicholas Lench , Chelsee Hewitt , Leanne Moynihan , Emma Roberts , C. Geoffrey Woods , Alexander Markham , Melanie Wong , Richard Widmer , Khaled Abdul Ghaffar , Michael Pemberton , Ibtessam Ramzy Hussein , Samia A. Temtamy , Robin Davies , Andrew P. Read , Philip Sloan , Michael J. Dixon & Nalin S. Thakker