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Novel mutation in a family with WNT1-related osteoporosis.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 2018
Panigrahi Inusha, Didel Siyaram, Kirpal Harita, Bellampalli Ravishankara, Miyanath Shabna, Mullapudi Nandita, Rao Sudha
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited disorder with osteoporosis and recurrent fractures. Children presenting with recurrent fractures and bowing of limbs have severe form of the disorder. Patients carrying homozygous WNT1 mutations have more frequent fractures while heterozygous carriers of the mutation in WNT1 gene are also found to have early onset osteoporosis. We identified a family with novel WNT1...
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