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Clinical and Genetic Characteristics of Pediatric Patients with Hypophosphatasia in the Russian Population.
International journal of molecular sciences - 26 Oct 2022
Glotov Oleg S, Savostyanov Kirill V, Nagornova Tatyana S, Chernov Alexandr N, Fedyakov Mikhail A, Raspopova Aleksandra N, Krasnoukhov Konstantin N, Danilov Lavrentii G, Moiseeva Nadegda V, Kalinin Roman S, Tsai Victoria V, Eismont Yuri A, Voinova Victoria Y, Vitebskaya Alisa V, Gurkina Elena Y, Kuzenkova Ludmila M, Sosnina Irina B, Pushkov Alexander A, Zhanin Ilya S, Zakharova Ekaterina Y
Abstract excerpt
(1) Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare inherited disease caused by mutations (pathogenic variants) in the ALPL gene which encodes tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP). HPP is characterized by impaired bone mineral metabolism due to the low enzymatic activity of TNSALP. Knowledge about the structure of the gene and the features and functions of various ALPL gene variants, taking into account population...
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