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Type II benign osteopetrosis (Albers-Schönberg disease) caused by a novel mutation in CLCN7 presenting with unusual clinical manifestations.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Jan 2004
Letizia C, Taranta A, Migliaccio S, Caliumi C, Diacinti D, Delfini E, D'Erasmo E, Iacobini M, Roggini M, Albagha O M E, Ralston S H, Teti A
Abstract excerpt
A 16-year-old male patient with type II autosomal dominant benign osteopetrosis (ADO) was genotyped and found to harbor a novel mutation in exon 25 of the gene encoding for the osteoclast-specific chloride channel, CLCN7, inherited from the father, who was asymptomatic. The patient had normal bio...
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