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SUBMITTER: Duong HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4830924 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 20160128 5
Gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia (GDD) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by florid osseous dysplasia of the jaws, bone fragility, and diaphyseal cortical thickening and bowing of long bones. We present a family with previously undiagnosed GDD. The disorder was identified by the characteristic gnathic and skeletal manifestations in the father. Clinical and radiologic examination of the patient's son also revealed the characteristic features of GDD. Gene sequencing revealed a novel mut ...[more]