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EXT-mutation analysis and loss of heterozygosity in sporadic and hereditary osteochondromas and secondary chondrosarcomas.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1999
Bovée J V, Cleton-Jansen A M, Wuyts W, Caethoven G, Taminiau A H, Bakker E, Van Hul W, Cornelisse C J, Hogendoorn P C
Abstract excerpt
Osteochondromas occur as sporadic solitary lesions or as multiple lesions, characterizing the hereditary multiple exostoses syndrome (EXT). Approximately 15% of all chondrosarcomas arise within the cartilaginous cap of an osteochondroma. EXT is genetically heterogeneous, and two genes, EXT1 and EXT2, located on 8q24 and 11p11-p12, respectively, have been cloned. It is still unclear whether osteochondroma is a...
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