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Mutation of the gene encoding the ROR2 tyrosine kinase causes autosomal recessive Robinow syndrome.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2000
van Bokhoven H, Celli J, Kayserili H, van Beusekom E, Balci S, Brussel W, Skovby F, Kerr B, Percin E F, Akarsu N, Brunner H G
Abstract excerpt
Robinow syndrome is a short-limbed dwarfism characterized by abnormal morphogenesis of the face and external genitalia, and vertebral segmentation. The recessive form of Robinow syndrome (RRS; OMIM 268310), particularly frequent in Turkey, has a high incidence of abnormalities of the vertebral column such as hemivertebrae and rib fusions, which is not seen in the dominant form. Some patients have cardiac...
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