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Clinical, pathological and genetic evaluations of Chinese patients with autosomal-dominant hypophosphatasia.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Dec 2010
Wei Ke-wen, Xuan Kun, Liu Yan-li, Fang Jun, Ji Kun, Wang Xi, Jin Yan, Watanabe Shigeru, Watanabe Koji, Ojihara Takashi
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OBJECTIVES: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is an inherited disorder characterised by defective bone and tooth mineralisation and deficient serum and bone alkaline phosphatase activity, and it results from mutations in alkaline phosphatase (ALPL) encoding tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP). Th...
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