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A novel COMP mutation in a Chinese patient with pseudoachondroplasia.
Gene - 10 Jun 2013
Xie Xuemei, Liao Lihong, Gao Jinzhi, Luo Xiaoping
Abstract excerpt
A 2.75-year-old Chinese boy presented with typical clinical features of pseudoachondroplasia, including disproportionate short-limb short stature, brachydactyly, genu varus and waddling gait. Radiologically, tubular bones were short with widened metaphyses, irregular and small epiphyses; anterior tonguing or beaking of vertebral bodies were characteristic. DNA sequencing analysis of the COMP gene revealed a...
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