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CAH-X Syndrome: Genetic and Clinical Profile.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 May 2022
Concolino Paola, Falhammar Henrik
Abstract excerpt
The term CAH-X was coined to describe a subset of patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency displaying a phenotype compatible with the hypermobility type of Ehlers Danlos syndrome. The genetic defect is due to the monoallelic presence of a CYP21A2 deletion extending into the gene encoding tenascin X (TNXB), a connective tissue extracellular matrix protein. The result is a chimeric TNXA/TNXB gene causing tenascin-X...
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