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Neurosurgical aspects of childhood hypophosphatasia.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2009
Collmann H, Mornet E, Gattenlöhner S, Beck C, Girschick H
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OBJECTIVE: Hypophosphatasia (HPP; MIM241510) is a rare inborn error of bone metabolism of recessive inheritance. It is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase. Apart from problems in bone mineralization, growth failure, and premature loss of decidual teeth, the infantile and the childhood types of HPP are associated with premature fusion of cranial sutures. PATIENTS:...
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