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Identification of a mutation causing deficient BMP1/mTLD proteolytic activity in autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2012
Martínez-Glez Víctor, Valencia Maria, Caparrós-Martín José A, Aglan Mona, Temtamy Samia, Tenorio Jair, Pulido Veronica, Lindert Uschi, Rohrbach Marianne, Eyre David, Giunta Cecilia, Lapunzina Pablo, Ruiz-Perez Victor L
Abstract excerpt
Herein, we have studied a consanguineous Egyptian family with two children diagnosed with severe autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta (AR-OI) and a large umbilical hernia. Homozygosity mapping in this family showed lack of linkage to any of the previously known AR-OI genes, but revealed a 10.27 MB homozygous region on chromosome 8p in the two affected sibs, which comprised the procollagen I C-terminal...
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