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A 52-kb deletion in the SOST-MEOX1 intergenic region on 17q12-q21 is associated with van Buchem disease in the Dutch population.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Jun 2002
Staehling-Hampton Karen, Proll Sean, Paeper Bryan W, Zhao Lei, Charmley Patrick, Brown Analisa, Gardner Jessica C, Galas David, Schatzman Randall C, Beighton Peter, Papapoulos Socrates, Hamersma Herman, Brunkow Mary E
Abstract excerpt
Van Buchem disease is an autosomal recessive sclerosing bone dysplasia characterized by skeletal hyperostosis, overgrowth of the mandible, and a liability to entrapment of the seventh and eighth cranial nerves. The genetic determinant maps to chromosome 17q12-q21. We refined the critical interval to the < 1-Mb region between D17S2250 and D17S2253 in 15 affected individuals, all of whom shared a common disease...
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