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Caffey disease: new perspectives on old questions.
Bone - 1 Mar 2014
Nistala Harikiran, Mäkitie Outi, Jüppner Harald
Abstract excerpt
The autosomal dominant form of Caffey disease is a largely self-limiting infantile bone disorder characterized by acute inflammation of soft tissues and localized thickening of the underlying bone cortex. It is caused by a recurrent arginine-to-cysteine substitution (R836C) in the α1(I) chain of type I collagen. However, the functional link between this mutation and the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms still...
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