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Dominant TRPV4 mutations in nonlethal and lethal metatropic dysplasia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2010
Camacho Natalia, Krakow Deborah, Johnykutty Sharlin, Katzman Philip J, Pepkowitz Samuel, Vriens Joris, Nilius Bernd, Boyce Brendan F, Cohn Daniel H
Abstract excerpt
Metatropic dysplasia is a clinical heterogeneous skeletal dysplasia characterized by short extremities, a short trunk with progressive kyphoscoliosis, and craniofacial abnormalities that include a prominent forehead, midface hypoplasia, and a squared-off jaw. Dominant mutations in the gene encoding TRPV4, a calcium permeable ion channel, were identified all 10 of a series of metatropic dysplasia cases, ranging in...
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