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Three novel PHEX gene mutations in Japanese patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 2000
Sato K, Tajima T, Nakae J, Adachi M, Asakura Y, Tachibana K, Suwa S, Katsumata N, Tanaka T, Hayashi Y, Abe S, Murashita M, Okuhara K, Shinohara N, Fujieda K
Abstract excerpt
X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) is an X-linked dominant disorder characterized by renal phosphate wasting, abnormal vitamin D metabolism, and defects of bone mineralization. The phosphate-regulating gene on the X-chromosome (PHEX) that is defective in XLH has been cloned, and its location identified at Xp22.1. It has been recognized to be homologous to certain endopeptidases. So far, a variety of PHEX...
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