Abstract
Autosomal recessive type I cutis laxa is genetically heterogeneous. Biallelic mutations
in latent transforming growth factor β-binding protein 4 (LTBP4; MIM*604710) lead
to type 1C cutis laxa due to nonsense, frameshift, single base pair indels, or duplication
mutations. In this report, we describe the first Indian family with cutis laxa as
a result of a novel 19 base pair homozygous deletion leading to premature termination
of short isoform LTBP-4S.
Keywords
LTBP4 - autosomal recessive cutis laxa - latent transforming growth factor