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New perspectives on the molecular basis of hereditary bone tumours.
Molecular medicine today - 1 Nov 1999
McCormick C, Duncan G, Tufaro F
Abstract excerpt
Bone development is a highly regulated process sensitive to a wide variety of hormones, inflammatory mediators and growth factors. One of the most common hereditary skeletal dysplasias, hereditary multiple exostoses (HME), is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by skeletal malformations that manifest as bony, benign tumours near the end of long bones. HME is usually caused by defects in either one of two...
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