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Absence of MMP2 mutation in idiopathic multicentric osteolysis with nephropathy.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Sept 2007
Wenkert Deborah, Mumm Steven, Wiegand Stefanie M, McAlister William H, Whyte Michael P
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis of idiopathic multicentric osteolysis with nephropathy is unknown. This disorder is typically a sporadic, but sometimes an autosomal dominant, condition featuring carpal-tarsal destruction and nephropathy causing renal failure. Loss-of-function mutation within the gene encoding matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) causes the autosomal recessive disorder nodulosis-arthropathy-osteolysis syndrome...
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