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COL2A1 mutation as a cause of premature osteoarthritis in a 13-year-old child.
Joint bone spine - 1 Jan 2014
Lankisch Petra, Hönscheid Andrea, Schaper Jörg, Borkhardt Arndt, Laws Hans-Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
Diagnostic assessment of osteoarthritis in children and adolescents is difficult. Here, we report the sixth family with a COL2A1 mutation R275C. The index patient, her mother and her three brothers had severe coxarthrosis, in some cases requiring surgery. Only the mother was hard of hearing, and...
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