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Survey of the enthesopathy of X-linked hypophosphatemia and its characterization in Hyp mice.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Sept 2009
Liang Guoying, Katz Lee D, Insogna Karl L, Carpenter Thomas O, Macica Carolyn M
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X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is characterized by rickets and osteomalacia as a result of an inactivating mutation of the PHEX (phosphate-regulating gene with homology to endopeptidases on the X chromosome) gene. PHEX encodes an endopeptidase that, when inactivated, results in elevated circulat...
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