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Saethre-Chotzen syndrome and hyper IgE syndrome in a patient with a novel 11 bp deletion of the TWIST gene.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Nov 2001
Boeck A, Kosan C, Ciznar P, Kunz J
Abstract excerpt
Molecular genetic studies in a seven-year-old boy and his mother demonstrated a novel 11 bp deletion in the TWIST gene (127del11), causing Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. The mother had rather mild signs of the Saethre-Chotzen syndrome; however, her son presented with marked acrocephalosyndactyly type 3, leading to craniotomy at three years. He also had recurrent infections and laboratory findings comparable with the...
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