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[A Chinese girl with cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) caused by the recurrent R190W mutation in RUNX 2].
Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics - 1 Oct 2004
Qiu Zheng-qing, Tang Ai-lan, Yu Wei, Ao Yang, Wilson H Y Lo, Wei Min, Zhang Xue
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OBJECTIVE: Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is a rare skeletal disease with autosomal dominant inheritance associated with mutation in RUNX 2. The authors report a Chinese girl with CCD in whom the mutation in RUNX 2 was identified. METHODS: Clinical diagnosis was based on physical examination, radiological findings, and biochemical tests. For mutation detection, genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood using...
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