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SHOX gene mutations and deletions in dyschondrosteosis or Leri-Weill syndrome.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Dec 1999
Cormier-Daire V, Belin V, Cusin V, Viot G, Girlich D, Toutain A, Moncla A, Vekemans M, Le Merrer M, Munnich A
Abstract excerpt
Dyschondrosteosis is an autosomal dominant form of mesomelic dysplasia that is often combined with a deformity of the forearms called Madelung deformity. Based on the observation of X-Y translocations (p22,q12) in patients with dyschondrosteosis, the authors tested the pseudoautosomal region in eight affected families and showed linkage of the dyschondrosteosis gene to a microsatellite DNA marker at the DXYS233...
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