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Chondrosarcoma in a family with multiple hereditary exostoses.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume - 1 Mar 2000
Kivioja A, Ervasti H, Kinnunen J, Kaitila I, Wolf M, Böhling T
Abstract excerpt
Multiple hereditary exostoses is an autosomal dominant skeletal disorder in which there are numerous cartilage-capped excrescences in areas of actively growing bone. The condition is genetically heterogeneous, and at least three genes, ext1, ext2 and ext3 are involved. The reported risk for malignant transformation to chondrosarcoma has been from 0.6% to 2.8%. We have reviewed six generations of a family with 114...
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