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Case Reports
. 2001 Apr 1;99(4):328-30.
doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1179.

Loss of the SEDL gene product (Sedlin) causes X-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda: Identification of a molecular defect in a Japanese family

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Loss of the SEDL gene product (Sedlin) causes X-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda: Identification of a molecular defect in a Japanese family

Y Matsui et al. Am J Med Genet. .

Abstract

A 23-year-old man was diagnosed as having X-linked spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (SEDT; MIM 313400) based on his disproportionately short trunk, short stature, characteristic radiological features of the spine (posterior hump, end plate sclerosis, and disc space narrowing) and the hips (short and thick femoral necks), and positive family history. This Japanese family was found to have an intragenic deletion flanking intron 2 and exon 3 of the SEDL gene that not only included the 5' untranslated region but also the coding sequence for the first methionine through the 25th alanine. This mutation was present in the proband and his unaffected mother (a heterozygote), but not in an unaffected sister and an unaffected uncle. The nature of the mutation predicted that the SEDL protein (Sedlin) was not produced in the proband, indicating that loss of Sedlin caused SEDT.

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