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Achondrogenesis Type IA (Houston-Harris): a still-unresolved molecular phenotype.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Aigner Thomas, Rau Tilman, Niederhagen Manuel, Zaucke Frank, Schmitz Markus, Pöhls Uwe, Stöss Helmut, Rauch Anita, Thiel Christian T
Abstract excerpt
Achondrogenesis type IA (Houston-Harris) is an extremely rare lethal chondrodysplasia with a characteristic severe disarrangement of endochondral ossification. The growth plate cartilage completely lacks columnar-zone formation and shows chondrocyte expansion due to intracellular vacuoles. This article on a new case of achondrogenesis type IA confirms these findings and demonstrates, on the ultrastructural level,...
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