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Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy caused by homozygous deletion in HPGD gene in a family: changing clinical and radiological findings with long-term follow-up.
Rheumatology international - 1 Nov 2014
Tüysüz Beyhan, Yılmaz Saliha, Kasapçopur Özgür, Erener-Ercan Tuğba, Ceyhun Emre, Bilguvar Kaya, Günel Murat
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy1 (PHOAR1) is characterized by delayed closure of the fontanels, digital clubbing, arthropathy and periostosis. Homozygous mutations in hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (HPGD) gene are the underlying pathology of PHOAR1. The aim of this study was to analyze the HPGD gene and the changing clinical and radiological findings with advancing age of two...
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