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A Frame-Shift Mutation in the Type I Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)/PTH-Related Peptide Receptor Causing Blomstrand Lethal Osteochondrodysplasia
1 Oct 1999
Abstract excerpt
Blomstrand osteochondrodysplasia (BOCD) is a rare lethal skeletal dysplasia characterized by accelerated endochondral and intramembranous ossification. Comparison of the characteristics of BOCD with type I PTH/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor-ablated mice reveals striking similarities that are most prominent in the growth plate. In both cases, the growth plate is reduced in size due to a strongly diminished...
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