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Two mutations of the Gsalpha gene in two Japanese patients with sporadic pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Ishikawa Y, Tajima T, Nakae J, Nagashima T, Satoh K, Okuhara K, Fujieda K
Abstract excerpt
Pseudohypoparathyroidism Ia (PHP-Ia), is an inherited disease with clinical hypoparathyroidism caused by parathyroid hormone resistance (PTH), and shows the phenotype of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO), including short stature, obesity, round face, brachydactyly, and subcutaneous ossification. This disease is caused by mutation that inactivates the alpha-subunit of Gs, the stimulatory regulator of...
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