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Spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia, Maroteaux type (pseudo-Morquio syndrome type 2), and parastremmatic dysplasia are caused by TRPV4 mutations.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2010
Nishimura Gen, Dai Jin, Lausch Ekkehart, Unger Sheila, Megarbané André, Kitoh Hiroshi, Kim Ok Hwa, Cho Tae-Joon, Bedeschi Francesca, Benedicenti Francesco, Mendoza-Londono Roberto, Silengo Margherita, Schmidt-Rimpler Maren, Spranger Jurgen, Zabel Bernhard, Ikegawa Shiro, Superti-Furga Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Recent discoveries have established the existence of a family of skeletal dysplasias caused by dominant mutations in TRPV4. This family comprises, in order of increasing severity, dominant brachyolmia, spondylo-metaphyseal dysplasia Kozlowski type, and metatropic dysplasia. We tested the hypothesis that a further condition, Spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia (SED), Maroteaux type (MIM 184095; also known as...
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