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SUBMITTER: Wang SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3585120 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Shih-Kai SK Aref Parissa P Hu Yuanyuan Y Milkovich Rachel N RN Simmer James P JP El-Khateeb Mohammad M Daggag Hinda H Baqain Zaid H ZH Hu Jan C-C JC
PLoS genetics 20130228 2
Enamel-renal syndrome (ERS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe enamel hypoplasia, failed tooth eruption, intrapulpal calcifications, enlarged gingiva, and nephrocalcinosis. Recently, mutations in FAM20A were reported to cause amelogenesis imperfecta and gingival fibromatosis syndrome (AIGFS), which closely resembles ERS except for the renal calcifications. We characterized three families with AIGFS and identified, in each case, recessive FAM20A mutations: family 1 (c.992G ...[more]