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Mutation frequencies of EXT1 and EXT2 in 43 Japanese families with hereditary multiple exostoses.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Feb 2001
Seki H, Kubota T, Ikegawa S, Haga N, Fujioka F, Ohzeki S, Wakui K, Yoshikawa H, Takaoka K, Fukushima Y
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary multiple exostoses (EXT) is an autosomal dominant bone disease characterized by the formation of cartilage-capped prominences. EXT is genetically heterogeneous with at least four chromosomal loci. Among the four loci, the exostosis type 1 gene (EXT1) and type 2 gene (EXT2) have been cloned. Previous studies have shown that disease-type-specific frequency of mutations is different among various ethnic...
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