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Identification of a novel GNAS mutation in a case of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1A with normocalcemia.
BMC medical genetics - 30 Jul 2018
Long Xiao-Dan, Xiong Jing, Mo Zhao-Hui, Dong Chang-Sheng, Jin Ping
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BACKGROUND: Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1A (PHP1A) is a rare genetic disease primarily characterized by resistance to parathyroid hormone along with hormonal resistance and other features of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). It is caused by heterozygous inactivating mutations in the maternal allele of the GNAS gene, which encodes the stimulatory G-protein alpha subunit (Gsα) and regulates production of...
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