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Early-onset osteoarthritis due to otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia in a family with a novel splicing mutation of the COL11A2 gene.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 2008
Avcin Tadej, Makitie Outi, Susic Miki, Miller Stephen, Thorne Carter, Tenenbaum Jerry, Laxer Ronald M, Cole William G
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an approach to the clinical, radiographic, and molecular diagnosis of an underlying skeletal dysplasia in adults presenting with early-onset polyarticular osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: We identified a family with 2 adults with polyarticular OA and a child with generalized arthralgia. General, musculoskeletal, ocular, and auditory evaluations were undertaken. Investigations included...
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