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The molecular basis of the cartilage-hair hypoplasia-anauxetic dysplasia spectrum.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Feb 2011
Thiel Christian T, Rauch Anita
Abstract excerpt
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia and anauxetic dysplasia are two autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasias characterized by different degrees from metaphyseal to spondylo-meta-epiphyseal dysplasia and variable additional features including predisposition to cancer, anemia, immunodeficiency, and gastrointestinal malabsorption and Hirschsprung's disease. Both are caused by mutations in the untranslated RMRP gene, which...
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