Description : Hypophosphatasia is an inborn error of metabolism characterized clinically by defective
bone mineralization and biochemically by deficient activity of the tissue-nonspecific
isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase. Fraser (1957) classified forms of hypophosphatasia
according to age of onset: perinatal (see 241500), infantile (241500), childhood,
and adult (146300). Whyte (1988) indicated a fifth form of hypophosphatasia with primarily
only dental manifestations, referred to as odontohypophosphatasia (see 241500). All
of these forms are allelic.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the alkaline phosphatase gene (ALPL, 171760.0003);