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Two novel GALNT3 mutations in familial tumoral calcinosis.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Oct 2007
Garringer Holly J, Mortazavi Seyed Mohammad Javad, Esteghamat Fatemehsadat, Malekpour Mahdi, Boztepe Harika, Tanakol Refik, Davis Siobhan I, White Kenneth E
Abstract excerpt
Familial tumoral calcinosis (TC) is characterized by elevated serum phosphate concentrations, normal or elevated 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D, as well as periarticular and vascular calcifications. Recessive mutations in the mucin-like glycosyltransferase GalNAc transferase-3 (GALNT3) and the phosphaturic hormone fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) have been shown to result in TC. In the present study, mutational analyses...
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