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SUBMITTER: Lotlikar PP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6254376 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lotlikar Priti P PP Creanga Adriana G AG Singer Steven R SR
BMJ case reports 20181112
Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is a rare congenital autosomal dominant condition, causing hypoplasia of the clavicle, abnormal formation of teeth, skeletal and craniofacial bones. CCD is caused by the mutation of RUNX2/CBFA1 present in the short arm of chromosome 6 at position 21.1, a transcription factor essential for the formation of teeth, cartilage and bone. Patients with CCD show the classical features of excessive mobility of the shoulder bone, lack of resorption of the deciduous teeth, fai ...[more]