Article
Refinement of the chromosome 5p locus for familial calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Andrew L J, Brancolini V, de la Pena L S, Devoto M, Caeiro F, Marchegiani R, Reginato A, Gaucher A, Netter P, Gillet P, Loeuille D, Prockop D J, Carr A, Wordsworth B F, Lathrop M, Butcher S, Considine E, Everts K, Nicod A, Walsh S, Williams C J
Abstract excerpt
Familial calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPDD) is a disease of articular cartilage that is radiographically characterized by chondrocalcinosis due to the deposition of calcium-containing crystals in affected joints. We have documented the disease in an Argentinean kindred of...
Topics
- Calcium Pyrophosphate
- Cartilage, Articular
- Chondrocalcinosis
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Female
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Lod Score