Article
Sequence analysis of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 ( FGFR2 ) in Japanese patients with craniosynostosis.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery - 1 Nov 2001
Sakai N, Tokunaga K, Yamazaki Y, Shida H, Sakata Y, Susami T, Nakakita N, Takato T, Uchinuma E
Abstract excerpt
Recently, mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor ( FGFR ) genes have been detected in syndromic craniosynostosis. We examined nucleotide sequences of FGFR2 in Japanese craniosynostosis patients (Crouzon syndrome: 9 cases; Apert syndrome: 6 cases; scaphocephaly: 3 cases as non-syndromi...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
