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Mutation screening for the EXT1 and EXT2 genes in Chinese patients with multiple osteochondromas.
Archives of medical research - 1 Oct 2013
Kang Qing-lin, Xu Jia, Zhang Zeng, He Jin-wei, Fu Wen-zhen, Zhang Zhen-lin
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Multiple osteochondromas (MO), an autosomal dominant skeletal disease, is characterized by the presence of multiple cartilage-capped bone tumors (exostoses). Two genes with mutations that are most commonly associated with MO have been identified as EXT1 and EXT2, which are Exostosin-1 and Exostosin-2. In this study, a variety of EXT1 and EXT2 gene mutations were identified in ten Chinese...
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