A Novel Homozygous Frameshift Mutation in CCN6 Causing Progressive Pseudorheumatoid Dysplasia (PPRD) in a Consanguineous Yemeni Family
Background: Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia (PPRD) inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion, is a disabling disease, characterized by platyspondyly, irregularities of the vertebral bodies, narrowing of the intervertebral discs and intraarticular spaces, widening of the epiphysis-metaphysis...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00245/full |