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. 1999 Jul;65(1):158–166. doi: 10.1086/302456

The gene for cherubism maps to chromosome 4p16.

V Tiziani 1, E Reichenberger 1, C L Buzzo 1, S Niazi 1, N Fukai 1, M Stiller 1, H Peters 1, F M Salzano 1, C M Raposo do Amaral 1, B R Olsen 1
PMCID: PMC1378086  PMID: 10364528

Abstract

Cherubism is an autosomal dominant disorder that may be related to tooth development and eruption. It is a disorder of age-related bone remodeling, mostly limited to the maxilla and the mandible, with loss of bone in the jaws and its replacement with large amounts of fibrous tissue. We have used a genomewide search with a three-generation family and have established linkage to chromosome 4p16. Three other families affected with cherubism were also genotyped and were mapped to the same locus. The combined LOD score is 4.21 at a recombination fraction of 0, and the locus spans an interval of approximately 22 cM.

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