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Analysis of lymphoedema-distichiasis families for FOXC2 mutations reveals small insertions and deletions throughout the gene.
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2001
Bell R, Brice G, Child A H, Murday V A, Mansour S, Sandy C J, Collin J R, Brady A F, Callen D F, Burnand K, Mortimer P, Jeffery S
Abstract excerpt
Lymphoedema-distichiasis (LD) is a dominantly inherited form of primary lymphoedema with onset of lower limb swelling at puberty or later. There is variable penetrance of this disorder, but the most consistently inherited feature is distichiasis, viz. fine hairs arising inappropriately from the m...
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