Hypophosphatasia: Enzyme Replacement Therapy Brings New Opportunities and New Challenges.

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Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is caused by loss-of-function mutation(s) of the gene that encodes the tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP). Autosomal inheritance (dominant or recessive) from among more than 300 predominantly missense defects of TNSALP (ALPL) explains HPP's broad-ranging severity, the greatest of all skeletal diseases. In health, TNSALP is linked to cell surfaces and richly...

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