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Allelic and nonallelic heterogeneity in dyschondrosteosis (Leri-Weill syndrome).
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Cormier-Daire V, Huber C, Munnich A
Abstract excerpt
Dyschondrosteosis (DCS) is an autosomal dominant form of mesomelic dysplasia that has been recently ascribed to large-scale deletions and nonsense mutations of the SHOX gene on the pseudoautosomal region of chromosome X and Y [Belin et al., 1998: Nat Genet 19:67-69; Shears et al., 1998: Nat Genet 19:70-73]. Here, we report the molecular analysis of a total of 23 DCS families including 16 previously reported...
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