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An SNX10 mutation causes malignant osteopetrosis of infancy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2012
Aker Memet, Rouvinski Alex, Hashavia Saar, Ta-Shma Asaf, Shaag Avraham, Zenvirt Shamir, Israel Shoshana, Weintraub Michael, Taraboulos Albert, Bar-Shavit Zvi, Elpeleg Orly
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BACKGROUND: Osteopetrosis is a life-threatening, rare disorder typically resulting from osteoclast dysfunction and infrequently from failure to commitment to osteoclast lineage. Patients commonly present in infancy with macrocephaly, feeding difficulties, evolving blindness and deafness, and bone...
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