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A novel nonsense mutation in NPR2 gene causing Acromesomelic dysplasia, type Maroteaux in a consanguineous family in Southern Punjab (Pakistan).
Genes & genomics - 1 Aug 2020
Mustafa Saima, Akhtar Zafrin, Latif Muhammad, Hassan Mubashir, Faisal Muhammad, Iqbal Furhan
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BACKGROUND: Acromesomelic dysplasia, type Maroteaux (AMDM) is a rare skeletal dysplasia following autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and characterized by abnormal growth plates, short and abnormal bones in the extremities and spine. OBJECTIVE: Present study was designed to report the molecular basis of AMDM in enrolled consanguineous family from Pakistan. METHODS: A consanguineous family from Vehari District...
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