Focal Palmoplantar Keratoderma and Gingival Keratosis Caused by a KRT16 Mutation

Theodore D Zaki1, Lynn M Boyden1, Erin Mathes1

  • 1Drs. Zaki, Boyden, Zhou, and Choate as well Ms. Hu and Ms. Loring are from the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Drs. Zaki, Zhou, and Choate as well as Ms. Hu are from the Department of Dermatology. Ms. Loring as well as Drs. Boyden and Choate are from the Department of Genetics. Dr. Choate also is from the Department of Pathology. Drs. Mathes and North are from the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Oza is from the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, New York University, New York.

Cutis
|September 30, 2022
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