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Familial cleidocranial dysplasia misdiagnosed as rickets over three generations.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Oct 2015
Franceschi Roberto, Maines Evelina, Fedrizzi Michela, Piemontese Maria Rosaria, De Bonis Patrizia, Agarwal Nivedita, Bellizzi Maria, Di Palma Annunziata
Abstract excerpt
Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is a rare autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia characterized by hypoplastic clavicles, late closure of the fontanels, dental problems and other skeletal features. CCD is caused by mutations, deletions or duplications in runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), which encodes for a protein essential for osteoblast differentiation and chondrocyte maturation. We describe three...
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