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Chloride channel 7 (CLCN7) gene mutations in intermediate autosomal recessive osteopetrosis.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2003
Campos-Xavier Ana Belinda, Saraiva Jorge M, Ribeiro Letícia M, Munnich Arnold, Cormier-Daire Valérie
Abstract excerpt
Osteopetrosis is a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders that includes a malignant autosomal recessive form, an intermediate autosomal recessive form and autosomal dominant forms of the disease. Most malignant osteopetroses have been ascribed to mutations in the OC116 gene encoding the human a3 subunit of vacuolar H(+)-ATPase. Few cases of autosomal recessive malignant osteopetrosis have been ascribed to...
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