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Type II procollagen gene (COL2A1) mutation in exon 11 associated with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, tall stature and precocious osteoarthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Feb 1995
Bleasel J F, Bisagni-Faure A, Holderbaum D, Vacher-Lavenu M C, Haqqi T M, Moskowitz R W, Menkes C J
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OBJECTIVE: To define the clinical, pathological and molecular genetic characteristics of a family with mild spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) and precocious osteoarthritis. METHODS: The proband was a 46-year-old man with precocious generalized OA, tall stature, mild chondrodysplasia and moderate deafness. His daughter, aged 21, showed similar clinical features. Electron microscopic (EM) analysis of collagen from...
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