Novel CLCN7 compound heterozygous mutations in intermediate autosomal recessive osteopetrosis

Hum Genome Var. 2017 Aug 17:4:17036. doi: 10.1038/hgv.2017.36. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Osteopetrosis is a heritable disorder of the skeleton that is characterized by increased bone density on radiographs caused by defects in osteoclast formation and function. Mutations in >10 genes are identified as causative for this clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease in humans. We report two novel missense variations in a compound heterozygous state in the CLCN7 gene, detected through targeted exome sequencing, in a 15-year-old Japanese female with intermediate autosomal recessive osteopetrosis.