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Dyssegmental dysplasia, Silverman‐Handmaker type: Unexpected role of perlecan in cartilage development#
1 Dec 2001
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Dyssegmental dysplasia, Silverman-Handmaker type (DDSH), is a lethal autosomal recessive form of dwarfism with characteristic anisospondylic micromelia. The remarkable similarities in the radiographic, clinical, and chondroosseous morphology of DDSH patients to those of perlecan-null mice led to the identification of mutations in the perlecan gene (HSPG2) of DDSH. Perlecan, a large heparan sulfate proteoglycan,...
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