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This work was supported by EuroGentest2 (Unit 2: ‘Genetic testing as part of health care’), a Coordination Action under FP7 (Grant Agreement Number 261469) and the European Society of Human Genetics. SK, SS and SB are partially supported by a donation from the laboratory LABCATAL for their fundamental research on AEZ.
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Küry, S., Kharfi, M., Blouin, E. et al. Clinical utility gene card for: acrodermatitis enteropathica – update 2015. Eur J Hum Genet 24, 779 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2015.203
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