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Clinical variability in patients with Apert's syndrome.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Mar 1999
Lajeunie E, Cameron R, El Ghouzzi V, de Parseval N, Journeau P, Gonzales M, Delezoide A L, Bonaventure J, Le Merrer M, Renier D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECT: Apert's syndrome is characterized by faciocraniosynostosis and severe bony and cutaneous syndactyly of all four limbs. The molecular basis for this syndrome appears remarkably specific: two adjacent amino acid substitutions (either S252W or P253R) occurring in the linking region between the second and third immunoglobulin domains of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)2 gene. The goal of this...
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