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Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy with digital clubbing and palmoplantar hyperhidrosis caused by 15-PGHD/HPGD loss-of-function mutations.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Jun 2011
Bergmann Carsten, Wobser Marion, Morbach Henner, Falkenbach Albrecht, Wittenhagen Dietrich, Lassay Lisa, Ott Hagen, Zerres Klaus, Girschick Herman J, Hamm Henning
Abstract excerpt
Digital clubbing is the most prominent feature in primary (PHO) and secondary (pulmonary) hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HO). Homozygous and compound heterozygous germline mutations in the 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (HPGD) gene encoding the major prostaglandin PGE2 catabolizing enzyme have been recently described in familial PHO cases. Elevated prostaglandin levels in affected individuals with...
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