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Clinical and genetic aspects of hypophosphatasia in Japanese patients.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Mar 2014
Taketani Takeshi, Onigata Kazumichi, Kobayashi Hironori, Mushimoto Yuichi, Fukuda Seiji, Yamaguchi Seiji
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OBJECTIVE: We examined the clinical and genetic features of hypophosphatasia (HPP) in Japanese patients. HPP is a rare metabolic bone disorder of bone mineralisation caused by mutations in the liver/bone/kidney alkaline phosphatase (ALPL) gene, which encodes tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme. METHODS: We retrospectively investigate the incidence and clinical features of 52 patients with...
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