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Genetic analysis of autosomal recessive osteopetrosis in Chuvashiya: the unique splice site mutation in TCIRG1 gene spread by the founder effect.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2009
Bliznetz Elena A, Tverskaya Svetlana M, Zinchenko Rena A, Abrukova Anna V, Savaskina Ekaterina N, Nikulin Maxim V, Kirillov Alexander G, Ginter Evgeny K, Polyakov Alexander V
Abstract excerpt
The rare malignant disorder autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (OPTB) is one of the most prevalent autosomal recessive diseases in the Chuvash Republic of Russia. The purpose of this study was to determine the underlying molecular cause of osteopetrosis in Chuvashiya and to reveal the factors causing the unusual high frequency of the disease in this region. Having assumed a founder effect, we performed linkage...
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