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Novel PHEX gene mutations in two Taiwanese patients with hypophosphatemic rickets.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Mar 2005
Chou Yen-Yin, Chao Sheau-Chiou, Tsai Shang-Chun, Lin Shio-Jean
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatemic rickets is a genetic disorder commonly associated with renal phosphate wasting and bone deformities. The PHEX gene (phosphate regulating gene with homologies to endopeptidases on the X chromosome) encodes a 749-amino acid protein that putatively consists of an intracellular, transmembrane, and extracellular domain. PHEX mutations have been observed in 60-80% of hypophosphatemic rickets patients....
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