Article
Mutations in the enzyme glutathione peroxidase 4 cause Sedaghatian-type spondylometaphyseal dysplasia.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 2014
Smith Amanda C, Mears Alan J, Bunker Ryan, Ahmed Afsana, MacKenzie Malcolm, Schwartzentruber Jeremy A, Beaulieu Chandree L, Ferretti Emanuela, Majewski Jacek, Bulman Dennis E, Celik Fatma Cakmak, Boycott Kym M, Graham Gail E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sedaghatian-type spondylometaphyseal dysplasia (SSMD) is a neonatal lethal form of spondylometaphyseal dysplasia characterised by severe metaphyseal chondrodysplasia with mild limb shortening, platyspondyly, cardiac conduction defects, and central nervous system abnormalities. As part of the FORGE Canada Consortium we studied two unrelated families to identify the genetic aetiology of this rare...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
