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Nasu-Hakola Disease

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PLOSL is an adult-onset recessively inherited disorder of bones and central nervous system leading to early dementia and death. Recent studies have shown that the genetic basis of PLOSL is mutation(s) in the gene encoding a tyrosine kinase-binding protein TYROBP. Onset of clinical disease occurs in the third decade of life with pain and swelling following strain of the wrist and ankle. Fractures ... [MORE]

1. CNS Manifestations of Nasu-Hakola Disease: A Frontal Dementia with Bone Cysts NEW! - Abstract of paper by Paloneva et al.
2. Loss-of-function mutations in TYROBP (DAP12) result in a presenile dementia with bone cysts NEW! - Paper in Nature Genetics by Paloneva et al describing the discovery of the genetic defect causing Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy.
3. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man NEW! - Population genetics, references, and symptoms of polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy, also known as Nasu-Hakola disease, and as presenile dementia with bone cysts.



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