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Analysis of mutations in EXT1 and EXT2 in Brazilian patients with multiple osteochondromas.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 May 2018
Santos Savana C L, Rizzo Isabela M P O, Takata Reinaldo I, Speck-Martins Carlos E, Brum Jaime M, Sollaci Claudio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple osteochondromas is a dysplasia characterized by growth of two or more osteochondromas. It is genetically heterogeneous, caused by pathogenic variants in EXT1 or EXT2 genes in 70%-90% of patients. The EXT1 is more often mutated than EXT2 gene, with a variable prevalence between populations. There are no data about EXT1 and EXT2 pathogenic variants in patients with multiple osteochondromas in...
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