CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY, cilt.28, sa.5, ss.542-544, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
Mal de Meleda is a rare, autosomal recessive form of palmoplantar keratoderma. The disease has been mapped to chromosome 8qter, and recently mutations in the ARS ( component B) gene have been identified in families with this disorder. We describe a small family of Turkish origin with Mal de Meleda and identified a novel homozygous mutation, L98P, in ARS ( component B). These findings extend the body of evidence implicating mutations in the ARS ( component B) gene in Mal de Meleda.