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Molecular and clinical correlation study of Williams-Beuren syndrome: No evidence of molecular factors in the deletion region or imprinting affecting clinical outcome.
American journal of medical genetics - 3 Sept 1999
Wang M S, Schinzel A, Kotzot D, Balmer D, Casey R, Chodirker B N, Gyftodimou J, Petersen M B, Lopez-Rangel E, Robinson W P
Abstract excerpt
Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) results from a deletion of 7q11.23 in 90-95% of all clinically typical cases. Clinical manifestation can be variable and therefore, deletion size, inherited elastin (ELN) and LIM kinase 1 (LIMK1) alleles, gender, and parental origin of deletion have been investigated for associations with clinical outcome. In an analysis of 85 confirmed deletion cases, no statistically significant...
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