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Unexpected high intrafamilial phenotypic variability observed in hypophosphatasia.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2014
Hofmann Christine, Girschick Hermann, Mornet Etienne, Schneider Doris, Jakob Franz, Mentrup Birgit
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a clinically heterogeneous rare, inherited disorder of bone and mineral metabolism with extensive allelic heterogeneity in the ALPL gene. In this report, we present a family with heterozygous parents (maternal p.(Glu191Lys), paternal p.(Gly334Asp) mutations in the ALPL gene) and four children (one genotypically normal, one heterozygous carrier and two compound heterozygous) showing an...
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