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A locus for isolated cleft palate, located on human chromosome 2q32.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 1999
Brewer C M, Leek J P, Green A J, Holloway S, Bonthron D T, Markham A F, FitzPatrick D R
Abstract excerpt
We present evidence for the existence of a novel chromosome 2q32 locus involved in the pathogenesis of isolated cleft palate. We have studied two unrelated patients with strikingly similar clinical features, in whom there are apparently balanced, de novo cytogenetic rearrangements involving the same region of chromosome 2q. Both children have cleft palate, facial dysmorphism, and mild learning disability. Their...
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