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Exclusion of known gene for enamel development in two Brazilian families with amelogenesis imperfecta.
Head & face medicine - 31 Jan 2007
Santos Maria C L G, Hart P Suzanne, Ramaswami Mukundhan, Kanno Cláudia M, Hart Thomas C, Line Sergio R P
Abstract excerpt
Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a genetically heterogeneous group of diseases that result in defective development of tooth enamel. Mutations in several enamel proteins and proteinases have been associated with AI. The object of this study was to evaluate evidence of etiology for the six major candidate gene loci in two Brazilian families with AI. Genomic DNA was obtained from family members and all exons and...
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