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Nephrocalcinosis in Amelogenesis Imperfecta Caused by the FAM20A Mutation.
Nephron - 1 Jan 2018
Koruyucu Mine, Seymen Figen, Gencay Genco, Gencay Koray, Tuna Elif Bahar, Shin Teo Jeon, Hyun Hong-Keun, Kim Young-Jae, Kim Jung-Wook
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Enamel-renal syndrome is characterized by nephrocalcinosis, enamel defects, gingival hyperplasia and eruption failures. It has been recently identified that recessive mutations in the FAM20A gene result in amelogenesis imperfecta (AI)-gingival fibromatosis. The aim of this research to determine whether AI patients with known -FAM20A mutations also have nephrocalcinosis. METHODS: Complete oral and...
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