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Mutation of membrane type-1 metalloproteinase, MT1-MMP, causes the multicentric osteolysis and arthritis disease Winchester syndrome.
American journal of human genetics - 7 Sept 2012
Evans Brad R, Mosig Rebecca A, Lobl Mollie, Martignetti Chiara R, Camacho Catalina, Grum-Tokars Valerie, Glucksman Marc J, Martignetti John A
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The "vanishing bone" syndromes represent a group of rare skeletal disorders characterized by osteolysis and joint destruction, which can mimic severe rheumatoid arthritis. Winchester syndrome was one of the first recognized autosomal-recessive, multicentric forms of the disorder. It was originally described nearly 50 years ago in two sisters with a severe crippling osteolysis. Using cultured fibroblasts from the...
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