Article
Missense mutations of the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase gene in hypophosphatasia.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Dec 1992
Henthorn P S, Whyte M P
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatasia is an inborn error of metabolism that is characterized clinically by defective bone mineralization and biochemically by deficient activity of the tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) in serum and in tissues. Clinical severity is extremely variable, ranging from death in utero to pathologic fractures first presenting in adulthood. Severe forms of the disease are inherited...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Humans
- Hypophosphatasia
- Infant, Newborn
- Isoenzymes
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
