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Mutations in the gene encoding 3 beta-hydroxysteroid-delta 8, delta 7-isomerase cause X-linked dominant Conradi-Hünermann syndrome.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 1999
Braverman N, Lin P, Moebius F F, Obie C, Moser A, Glossmann H, Wilcox W R, Rimoin D L, Smith M, Kratz L, Kelley R I, Valle D
Abstract excerpt
X-linked dominant Conradi-Hünermann syndrome (CDPX2; MIM 302960) is one of a group of disorders with aberrant punctate calcification in cartilage, or chondrodysplasia punctata (CDP). This is most prominent around the vertebral column, pelvis and long bones in CPDX2. Additionally, CDPX2 patients may have asymmetric rhizomesomelia, sectorial cataracts, patchy alopecia, ichthyosis and atrophoderma. The phenotype in...
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