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Mutations in a new gene in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and Weyers acrodental dysostosis.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 2000
Ruiz-Perez V L, Ide S E, Strom T M, Lorenz B, Wilson D, Woods K, King L, Francomano C, Freisinger P, Spranger S, Marino B, Dallapiccola B, Wright M, Meitinger T, Polymeropoulos M H, Goodship J
Abstract excerpt
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (EvC, MIM 225500) is an autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterized by short limbs, short ribs, postaxial polydactyly and dysplastic nails and teeth. Congenital cardiac defects, most commonly a defect of primary atrial septation producing a common atrium, occur in 60% of affected individuals. The disease was mapped to chromosome 4p16 in nine Amish subpedigrees and single...
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