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Hypophosphatasia: nonlethal disease despite skeletal presentation in utero (17 new cases and literature review).
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Oct 2011
Wenkert Deborah, McAlister William H, Coburn Stephen P, Zerega Janice A, Ryan Lawrence M, Ericson Karen L, Hersh Joseph H, Mumm Steven, Whyte Michael P
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Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is caused by deactivating mutation(s) within the gene that encodes the tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP). Patients manifest rickets or osteomalacia and dental disease ranging from absence of skeletal mineralization in utero to only loss of adult...
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