Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
piebaldism
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Piebaldism is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the congenital absence of melanocytes in the affected areas of skin and hair due to mutations of the KIT protooncogene, which affects the differentiation and migration of melanoblasts.
Pubmed
24961053
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
INTRODUCTION
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
1
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
1
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,CLINVAR,CTD_human,MGD,ORPHANET,UNIPROT
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.566514604929927
Drugs