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New Genetic Forms of Childhood-Onset Primary Osteoporosis.
Hormone research in paediatrics - 1 Jan 2015
Kämpe Anders J, Mäkitie Riikka E, Mäkitie Outi
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Recent developments in genetic technology have given us the opportunity to look at diseases in a new and more detailed way. This Mini Review discusses monogenetic forms of childhood-onset primary osteoporosis, with the main focus on osteoporosis caused by mutations in WNT1 and PLS3, two of the most recently discovered genes underlying early-onset osteoporosis. The importance of WNT1 in the accrual and maintenance...
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