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Mutation spectrum of EXT1 and EXT2 in the Saudi patients with hereditary multiple exostoses.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 25 Feb 2021
Al-Zayed Zayed, Al-Rijjal Roua A, Al-Ghofaili Lamya, BinEssa Huda A, Pant Rajeev, Alrabiah Anwar, Al-Hussainan Thamer, Zou Minjing, Meyer Brian F, Shi Yufei
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary Multiple Exostoses (HME), also known as Multiple Osteochondromas (MO) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by multiple benign cartilaginous bone tumors, which are caused by mutations in the genes for exostosin glycosyltransferase 1 (EXT1) and exostosin glycosyltransferase 2 (EXT2). The genetic defects have not been studied in the Saudi patients. AIM OF STUDY: We investigated mutation...
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