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A de novo mosaic mutation of PHEX in a boy with hypophosphatemic rickets.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2016
Weng Chen, Chen Jiao, Sun Li, Zhou Zhong-Wei, Feng Xue, Sun Jun-Hui, Lu Ling-Ping, Yu Ping, Qi Ming
Abstract excerpt
X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (XLHR), is characterized mainly by renal phosphate wasting with hypophosphatemia, short stature and abnormal bone mineralization. PHEX, located at Xp22.1-p22.2, is the gene causing XLHR. We aim to characterize the pathogenesis of a Chinese boy who is apparently 'heterozygous' in PHEX gene. Direct sequencing showed two peaks: one was a wild-type 'G' and the other was one...
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