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Cherubism: best clinical practice.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 24 May 2012
Papadaki Maria E, Lietman Steven A, Levine Michael A, Olsen Bjorn R, Kaban Leonard B, Reichenberger Ernst J
Abstract excerpt
Cherubism is a skeletal dysplasia characterized by bilateral and symmetric fibro-osseous lesions limited to the mandible and maxilla. In most patients, cherubism is due to dominant mutations in the SH3BP2 gene on chromosome 4p16.3. Affected children appear normal at birth. Swelling of the jaws us...
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