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SUBMITTER: Evans BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3512002 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Evans Brad R BR Mosig Rebecca A RA Lobl Mollie M Martignetti Chiara R CR Camacho Catalina C Grum-Tokars Valerie V Glucksman Marc J MJ Martignetti John A JA
American journal of human genetics 20120823 3
The "vanishing bone" syndromes represent a group of rare skeletal disorders characterized by osteolysis and joint destruction, which can mimic severe rheumatoid arthritis. Winchester syndrome was one of the first recognized autosomal-recessive, multicentric forms of the disorder. It was originally described nearly 50 years ago in two sisters with a severe crippling osteolysis. Using cultured fibroblasts from the proband, we have now identified homozygous mutations in membrane type-1 metalloprote ...[more]