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In clinic, mutations of connexin 31 have been revealed as the cause of a rare hereditary skin disease called erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV) and non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objective:<\/jats:bold> To determine the underlying genetic cause of EKV, ichthyosis and NSHL in three members of a Chinese pedigree and skin histologic characteristics of the EKV patient.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> By performing whole exome sequencing (WES), Sanger sequencing and skin biopsy, we demonstrate a Chinese pedigree carrying a mutation of <jats:italic>GJB3<\/jats:italic> with three patients separately diagnosed with EKV, ichthyosis and NSHL.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The proband, a 6-year-old Chinese girl, presented with demarcated annular red-brown plaques and hyperkeratotic scaly patches on her trunk and limbs. Her mother has ichthyosis with hyperkeratosis and geographic tongue while her younger brother had NSHL since birth. Mutation analysis revealed all of them carried a heterozygous missense mutation c.293G&amp;gt;A of <jats:italic>GJB3<\/jats:italic>. Skin biopsy showed many grain cells with dyskeratosis in the granular layer. Acanthosis, papillomatosis, and a mild superficial perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate were observed.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> A mutation of <jats:italic>GJB3<\/jats:italic> associated with EKV, ichthyosis and NSHL is reported in this case. The daughter with EKV and the son with NSHL in this Chinese family inherited the mutation from their mother with ichthyosis. 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