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Novel Mutations in PLOD2 Cause Rare Bruck Syndrome.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Mar 2018
Lv Fang, Xu Xiaojie, Song Yuwen, Li Lujiao, Asan, Wang Jian, Yang Huanming, Wang Ou, Jiang Yan, Xia Weibo, Xing Xiaoping, Li Mei
Abstract excerpt
Bruck syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive form of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which is mainly characterized by joint contractures and recurrent fragility fractures. Mutations in FKBP10 and PLOD2 were identified as the underlying genetic defects of Bruck syndrome. Here we investigated the phenotypes and the pathogenic mutations of three unrelated Chinese patients with Bruck syndrome. Clinical fractures, bone...
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