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A novel RMRP mutation in a Spanish patient with cartilage-hair hypoplasia.
Immunobiology - 1 Jan 2006
Muñoz-Robles Jorge, Allende Luis Miguel, Clemente Julian, Calleja Sara, Varela Pilar, Gonzalez Luis, de Pablos Paloma, Paz Estela, Morales Pablo
Abstract excerpt
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), or McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, was first recognized as a distinct entity in the Old Order Amish in the USA, but was later identified in other groups, and found to be unusually frequent among Finns. CHH is highly pleiotropic with manifestations that include short stature, defective cellular immunity and predisposition to several cancers. CHH is caused by mutations...
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