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A TNXB splice donor site variant as a cause of hypermobility type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Feb 2021
Lao Qizong, Mallappa Ashwini, Rueda Faucz Fabio, Joyal Elizabeth, Veeraraghavan Padmasree, Chen Wuyan, Merke Deborah P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is an autosomal recessive disease of steroidogenesis that affects 1 in 15,000. Approximately, 10% of the CAH population also suffer from CAH-X, a connective tissue dysplasia consistent with hypermobility type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Most patients with CAH-X carry a contiguous gene deletion involving CYP21A2 encoding...
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