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A new GNPAT variant of foetal rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Aug 2021
Cordisco Adalgisa, Pelo Elisabetta, Di Tommaso Mariarosaria, Biagiotti Roberto
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BACKGROUND: Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP) is a clinical entity resulting from defects of peroxisomal metabolism whose clinical phenotype is characterized by rhizomelia, calcified foci in periarticular cartilage, coronal lesions of vertebral bodies, cataracts and severe cognitive delay. Usually, survival does not exceed the first decade of life. Transmission is autosomal recessive and is related to...
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