Article
Recessive Robinow syndrome, allelic to dominant brachydactyly type B, is caused by mutation of ROR2.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2000
Afzal A R, Rajab A, Fenske C D, Oldridge M, Elanko N, Ternes-Pereira E, Tüysüz B, Murday V A, Patton M A, Wilkie A O, Jeffery S
Abstract excerpt
The autosomal recessive form of Robinow syndrome (RRS; MIM 268310) is a severe skeletal dysplasia with generalized limb bone shortening, segmental defects of the spine, brachydactyly and a dysmorphic facial appearance. We previously mapped the gene mutated in RRS to chromosome 9q22 (ref. 4), a region that overlaps the locus for autosomal dominant brachydactyly type B (refs 5,6). The recent identification of ROR2,...
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