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Hypophosphatasia: diagnostic application of linked DNA markers in the dominantly inherited adult form.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Jul 1999
Iqbal S J, Plaha D S, Linforth G H, Dalgleish R
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatasia is a rare disease characterized by low serum levels of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) and a spectrum of skeletal disease varying from the severest form with death in utero to mild with no clinical abnormality in adults. Currently, the diagnosis of hypophosphatasia is made on the basis of clinical findings, radiography, low serum alkaline phosphatase levels and raised abnormal...
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