A Case of the Perinatal Form Hypophosphatasia Caused by a Novel Large Duplication of the ALPL Gene and Report of One Year Follow-up with Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare disease caused by mutations in the ALPL gene encoding tissue-non-specific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP). Duplications of the ALPL gene account for fewer than 1% of the mutations causing HPP. It has been shown that asfotase alfa enzyme replacement treatme...

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Main Authors: Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu, Gamze Özgürhan, Catarina Pereira, Emre Tepeli, Gülşen Acar, Serdar Cömert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2019-09-01
Series:JCRPE
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Online Access: http://www.jcrpe.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-case-of-the-perinatal-form-hypophosphatasia-caus/19960