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Tumoral calcinosis due to GALNT3 C.516-2A >T mutation in a black African family.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2008
Laleye A, Alao M J, Gbessi G, Adjagba M, Marche M, Coupry I, Redonnet-Vernhet I, Lepreux S, Ayivi B, Darboux R B, Lacombe D, Arveiler B
Abstract excerpt
Familial Tumoral Calcinosis (FTC) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the phosphocalcic metabolism caused by mutations in the FGF23 or GALNT3 genes. We have identified a Beninese family in which two brothers present FTC caused by a homozygous A>T transversion at the acceptor splice site in intron 1 of GALNT3 gene. We report on the clinical, biochemical, histopathological and molecular spectrum of the...
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