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PHEXdb, a locus-specific database for mutations causing X-linked hypophosphatemia.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2000
Sabbagh Y, Jones A O, Tenenhouse H S
Abstract excerpt
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a dominant disorder of phosphate (Pi) homeostasis characterized by growth retardation, rachitic and osteomalacic bone disease, hypophosphatemia, and renal defects in Pi reabsorption and vitamin D metabolism. The gene responsible for XLH was identified by positional cloning and designated PHEX (formerly PEX) to depict a Phosphate regulating gene with homology to Endopeptidases on...
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