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Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis owing to WTX gene defect

  1. Bram Perdu1,
  2. Fenna de Freitas1,
  3. Suzanne GM Frints2,3,
  4. Meyke Schouten2,
  5. Connie Schrander-Stumpel2,3,
  6. Mafalda Barbosa4,
  7. Jorge Pinto-Basto5,
  8. Margarida Reis-Lima4,
  9. Marie-Christine de Vernejoul6,
  10. Kristin Becker7,
  11. Marie-Louise Freckmann8,
  12. Kathlijn Keymolen9,
  13. Eric Haan10,
  14. Ravi Savarirayan11,
  15. Rainer Koenig12,
  16. Bernhard Zabel13,
  17. Filip M Vanhoenacker14,
  18. Wim Van Hul1,*

Article first published online: 18 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090707

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 82–90, January 2010

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Perdu, B., Freitas, F. d., Frints, S. G., Schouten, M., Schrander-Stumpel, C., Barbosa, M., Pinto-Basto, J., Reis-Lima, M., Vernejoul, M.-C. d., Becker, K., Freckmann, M.-L., Keymolen, K., Haan, E., Savarirayan, R., Koenig, R., Zabel, B., Vanhoenacker, F. M. and Hul, W. V. (2010), Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis owing to WTX gene defect. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25: 82–90. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090707

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Medical Genetics, University and University Hospital of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium

  2. 2

    Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands

  3. 3

    Research School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, GROW, University of Maastricht, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

  4. 4

    Unidade de Consulta, Centro de Genética Médica Jacinto Magalhães, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr. Ricardo Jorge, 4000-404 Porto, Portugal

  5. 5

    Centro de Genética Preditiva e Preventiva, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal

  6. 6

    INSERM U606 and University of Paris 7, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 75010 Paris, France

  7. 7

    North Wales Clinical Genetics Service, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan Rhyl, LL18 5UJ Denbighshire, United Kingdom

  8. 8

    Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospital, 2013 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

  9. 9

    Medische Genetica UZ Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

  10. 10

    SA Pathology, Women's and Children's Hospital Site, North Adelaide SA 5006 and Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia

  11. 11

    Genetic Health Services Victoria, Royal Children's Hospital Clinical Genetics Units, 3052 Parkville, Australia

  12. 12

    Institute of Human Genetics Frankfurt, Children's Hospital at 55131 Mainz and 97080 Würzburg, Germany

  13. 13

    Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany

  14. 14

    Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium

*Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JAN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 18 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 4 JUN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 8 APR 2009

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