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Mutations in DDR2 gene cause SMED with short limbs and abnormal calcifications.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2009
Bargal Ruth, Cormier-Daire Valerie, Ben-Neriah Ziva, Le Merrer Martine, Sosna Jacob, Melki Judith, Zangen David H, Smithson Sarah F, Borochowitz Zvi, Belostotsky Ruth, Raas-Rothschild Annick
Abstract excerpt
The spondylo-meta-epiphyseal dysplasia [SMED] short limb-hand type [SMED-SL] is a rare autosomal-recessive disease, first reported by Borochowitz et al. in 1993.(1) Since then, 14 affected patients have been reported.(2-5) We diagnosed 6 patients from 5 different consanguineous Arab Muslim families from the Jerusalem area with SMED-SL. Additionally, we studied two patients from Algerian and Pakistani ancestry and...
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