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Pyridoxine-Responsive Seizures in Infantile Hypophosphatasia and a Novel Homozygous Mutation in ALPL Gene.
Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology - 1 Sept 2016
Güzel Nur Banu, Çelmeli Gamze, Manguoğlu Esra, Soyucen Erdoğan, Bircan İffet, Mıhçı Ercan
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatasia is a rare inherited disorder of bone and mineral metabolism caused by a number of loss-of-function mutations in the ALPL gene. It is characterized by defective bone and tooth mineralisation associated with low serum and bone alkaline phosphatase activity. The clinical presentation of this disease is extremely variable. For this reason, the diagnosis can be difficult and is often missed out or...
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