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Polymorphisms in genes implicated in base excision repair (BER) pathway are associated with susceptibility to Paget's disease of bone.
Bone - 1 Jul 2018
Usategui-Martín Ricardo, Gutiérrez-Cerrajero Carlos, Jiménez-Vázquez Sonia, Calero-Paniagua Ismael, García-Aparicio Judit, Corral-Gudino Luis, Del Pino-Montes Javier, González-Sarmiento Rogelio
Abstract excerpt
Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a chronic bone metabolic disorder. Currently, PDB is the second most frequent bone disorder. PDB is a focal disorder affecting the skeleton segmentally but the cause of which is unknown. It has been hypothesised that somatic mutations could be responsible for the mosaicism described in PDB patients. Therefore, our hypothesis is that defective response to DNA damage may lead to...
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