Article
A novel TCIRG1 gene mutation leads to severe osteopetrosis with altered content of monocytes/macrophages in several organs.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Gheorghe Gabriela, Galambos Csaba, Jain Shilpa, Krishnamurti Lakshmanan, Jaffe Ronald
Abstract excerpt
Osteopetrosis (OP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease. Defects in the TCIRG1 gene are most frequently implicated in the osteoclast-rich form of OP. Little is known about the content and/or function of monocytes and macrophages of various organs rich in those cells in patients w...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
