Fetuin-A deficiency is associated with infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey disease)
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DOI: 10.1038/s41390-019-0499-0
Abstract: BackgroundInfantile cortical hyperostosis (ICH)/Caffey disease is an inflammatory collagenopathy of infancy, manifested by subperiosteal bone hyperplasia. Genetically, ICH was linked with heterozygosity for an R836C mutation in the COL1A1 gene. Although an autosomal-recessive trait is… read more here.
Keywords: cortical hyperostosis; fetuin deficiency; deficiency; caffey disease ... See more keywords
Caffey Disease in Infancy
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DOI: 10.18295/squmj.2020.20.01.017
Abstract: Caffey disease is a rare and self-limiting condition characterised by cortical hyperostosis with inflammation of adjacent fascia and muscles. It usually presents in infancy and clinical features include hyperirritability, acute inflammation with swelling of overlying… read more here.
Keywords: disease infancy; disease; caffey disease;