Autosomal Dominant Gnathodiaphyseal Dysplasia Maps to Chromosome 11p14.3-15.1

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Gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia (GDD) is a syndrome characterized by bone fragility, sclerosis of tubular bones, and cemento-osseous lesions of jawbones. Although some cases of this syndrome exist in families with autosomal dominant inheritance, the underlying gene has never been identified. We analyzed a large four-generation family with GDD by linkage analysis using genomic DNA from nine affected and six nonaffected...

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