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Detection of Hereditary 1,25-Hydroxyvitamin D-Resistant Rickets Caused by Uniparental Disomy of Chromosome 12 Using Genome-Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Tamura Mayuko, Isojima Tsuyoshi, Kawashima Minae, Yoshida Hideki, Yamamoto Keiko, Kitaoka Taichi, Namba Noriyuki, Oka Akira, Ozono Keiichi, Tokunaga Katsushi, Kitanaka Sachiko
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CONTEXT: Hereditary 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-resistant rickets (HVDRR) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by biallelic mutations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene. No patients have been reported with uniparental disomy (UPD). OBJECTIVE: Using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array to confirm whether HVDRR was caused by UPD of chromosome 12. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 2-year-old girl with...
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