Hypophosphatasia: phenotypic variability and possible Croatian origin of the c.1402g>A mutation of TNSALP gene

Coll Antropol. 2009 Dec;33(4):1255-8.

Abstract

Hypophosphatasia is a metabolic bone disease characterized by bone and teeth hypomineralization due to defective function of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP). The disorder is caused by various mutations in the TNSALP gene localized on short arm of chromosome 1. Infantile hypophosphatasia is a severe form of the disease inherited as an autosomal recessive trait which presents before age of six months and often has fatal outcome. We report a patient with typical clinical course for infantile hypophosphatasia who was homozygous for the c.1402G>A mutation. The same mutation has been previously associated with a more severe perinatal form also in a Croatian family what indicates a possible common ancestral origin and phenotypic variability potential of c.1402G>A mutation of TNSALP gene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaline Phosphatase / deficiency
  • Alkaline Phosphatase / genetics*
  • Croatia
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypophosphatasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypophosphatasia / genetics*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mutation, Missense*
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Alkaline Phosphatase