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Ulna/height ratio as clinical parameter separating EXT1 from EXT2 families?
Genetic testing - 1 Mar 2008
Leube Barbara, Hardt Karin, Portier Sebastian, Westhoff Bettina, Jäger Marcus, Krauspe Rüdiger, Royer-Pokora Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
Multiple osteochondromas (MO) is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder. The two genes responsible (EXT1 and EXT2) have been identified. We investigated 12 MO families for phenotype details and the genetic basis by cosegregation and mutation analysis (seven novel pathogenic mutations [five frameshift, one splice site, and one gross deletion] and one novel missense polymorphism). We found EXT1 to be responsible...
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