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Molecular diagnosis of Apert syndrome in Chinese patients.
Acta paediatrica Taiwanica = Taiwan er ke yi xue hui za zhi - 1 Jan 2000
Tsai F J, Tsai C H, Peng C T, Lin S P, Hwu W L, Wang T R, Lee C C, Wu J Y
Abstract excerpt
Apert syndrome is a clinically distinct condition characterized by craniosynostosis and severe syndactyly of the hands and the feet. Apert syndrome results from either of two specific nucleotide substitutions, both C-to-G transversions, in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene. To determine if Chinese Apert syndrome patients carry the same mutations, fifteen unrelated Apert syndrome patients and a...
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