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Pfeiffer syndrome caused by haploinsufficient mutation of FGFR2.
Journal of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2000
Tsukuno M, Suzuki H, Eto Y
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) cause several dominantly inherited congenital skeletal disorders and syndromes. Recently, these mutations have been suggested to cause either ligand-independent activation of the receptor or a dominant negative inactivation. The analysis of two Japanese patients with Pfeiffer syndrome and postaxial polydactyly of the hand now shows that both carried the...
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