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Albers-Schönberg disease (autosomal dominant osteopetrosis, type II) results from mutations in the ClCN7 chloride channel gene.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 2001
Cleiren E, Bénichou O, Van Hul E, Gram J, Bollerslev J, Singer F R, Beaverson K, Aledo A, Whyte M P, Yoneyama T, deVernejoul M C, Van Hul W
Abstract excerpt
Albers-Schönberg disease, or autosomal dominant osteopetrosis, type II (ADO II), is the most common form of osteopetrosis, a group of conditions characterized by an increased skeletal mass due to impaired bone and cartilage resorption. Following the assignment of the gene causing ADO II to chromosome 16p13.3, we now report seven different mutations in the gene encoding the ClCN7 chloride channel in all 12 ADO II...
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