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Genetic variation in ICF syndrome: evidence for genetic heterogeneity.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2000
Wijmenga C, Hansen R S, Gimelli G, Björck E J, Davies E G, Valentine D, Belohradsky B H, van Dongen J J, Smeets D F, van den Heuvel L P, Luyten J A, Strengman E, Weemaes C, Pearson P L
Abstract excerpt
ICF syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive immunoglobulin deficiency, sometimes combined with defective cellular immunity. Other features that are frequently observed in ICF syndrome patients include facial dysmorphism, developmental delay, and recurrent infections. The most diagnostic feature of ICF syndrome is the branching of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16 due to pericentromeric instability. Positional candidate...
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