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SUBMITTER: Nikolopoulos G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7216828 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nikolopoulos Georgios G Smith Claire E L CEL Brookes Steven J SJ El-Asrag Mohammed E ME Brown Catriona J CJ Patel Anesha A Murillo Gina G O'Connell Mary J MJ Inglehearn Chris F CF Mighell Alan J AJ
Clinical genetics 20200221 5
Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a heterogeneous group of genetic diseases characterised by dental enamel malformation. Pathogenic variants in at least 33 genes cause syndromic or non-syndromic AI. Recently variants in RELT, encoding an orphan receptor in the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily, were found to cause recessive AI, as part of a syndrome encompassing small stature and severe childhood infections. Here we describe four additional families with autosomal recessive hypomineralised ...[more]