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Molecular study of six families originating from the Middle-East and presenting with autosomal recessive osteopetrosis.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Souraty Noëlle, Noun Peter, Djambas-Khayat Claudia, Chouery Eliane, Pangrazio Alessandra, Villa Anna, Lefranc Gérard, Frattini Annalisa, Mégarbané André
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis is a severe hereditary bone disease whose cellular basis is in the osteoclast, but with heterogeneous molecular defects. We hereby report the clinical and the molecular study of seven patients affected by the recessive form of osteopetrosis (ARO) from six families originating from the Middle-East: four from Lebanon and two from Syria. Parental consanguinity was found in five...
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