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Increased bone density associated with DLX3 mutation in the tricho-dento-osseous syndrome.
Bone - 1 Oct 2004
Haldeman Ryan J, Cooper Lyndon F, Hart Thomas C, Phillips Ceib, Boyd Courtney, Lester Gayle E, Wright J Timothy
Abstract excerpt
Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome (TDO) (OMIM #190320) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized and named for the three most commonly affected tissues hair, teeth, and bones. Common to all individuals with TDO studied to date is a four base-pair deletion in the DLX3 gene on chromosome 17q21. This mutation is associated with a variable bone phenotype that includes alteration in intramembranous bone formation in...
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