A man, a syndrome, a gene: Clouston's hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED)
- 5 April 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 100 (2) , 164-168
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1096-8628(20010422)100:2<164::aid-ajmg1244>3.0.co;2-w
Abstract
This paper presents a biographical sketch of Dr. H. R. Clouston, whose eponym is attached to a type of hidrotic ectodermal dystrophy, and a brief account of the mapping of the gene and its identification as the connexin gene, GJB6.Keywords
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