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Mutations in GJB6 cause hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia

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Figure 1: HED families used in this study.
Figure 2: Identification of GJB6 mutations in HED patients.

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We thank the families for participation; E. Denise and S. Dubus for technical assistance; and Foundation Jean Dausset–CEPH, particularly M. Legrand and C. Billon of the CEPH DNA laboratory, for DNA samples used in polymorphism exclusion. This work was supported by grants from Genethon, Association Française contre les Myopathies, French MENRT and Swiss National Science Foundation.

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Lamartine, J., Munhoz Essenfelder, G., Kibar, Z. et al. Mutations in GJB6 cause hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. Nat Genet 26, 142–144 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/79851

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