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Novel HOXA13 mutations and the phenotypic spectrum of hand-foot-genital syndrome.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2000
Goodman F R, Bacchelli C, Brady A F, Brueton L A, Fryns J P, Mortlock D P, Innis J W, Holmes L B, Donnenfeld A E, Feingold M, Beemer F A, Hennekam R C, Scambler P J
Abstract excerpt
Hand-foot-genital syndrome (HFGS) is a rare, dominantly inherited condition affecting the distal limbs and genitourinary tract. A nonsense mutation in the homeobox of HOXA13 has been identified in one affected family, making HFGS the second human syndrome shown to be caused by a HOX gene mutation. We have therefore examined HOXA13 in two new and four previously reported families with features of HFGS. In families...
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