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A novel mutation in the HPGD gene causing primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy with digital clubbing in a Pakistani family.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 2018
Khan Anwar Kamal, Muhammad Noor, Khan Sher Alam, Ullah Waheed, Nasir Abdul, Afzal Sibtain, Ramzan Khushnooda, Basit Sulman, Khan Saadullah
Abstract excerpt
Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (PHO) is a congenital multisystemic entity characterized by three major clinical symptoms: pachydermia, periostosis, and digital clubbing. Recently it has been reported that pathogenic mutations in two genes are known to be associated with PHO: HPGD and SLCO2A1. In the present study, a five-generation consanguineous Pakistani family harboring primary hypertrophic...
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