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A HOXA13 allele with a missense mutation in the homeobox and a dinucleotide deletion in the promoter underlies Guttmacher syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 May 2002
Innis Jeffrey W, Goodman Frances R, Bacchelli Chiara, Williams Thomas M, Mortlock Douglas P, Sateesh Praveen, Scambler Peter J, McKinnon Wendy, Guttmacher Alan E
Abstract excerpt
Guttmacher syndrome, a dominantly inherited combination of distal limb and genital tract abnormalities, has several features in common with hand-foot-genital syndrome (HFGS), including hypoplastic first digits and hypospadias. The presence of features not seen in HFGS, however, including postaxial polydactyly of the hands and uniphalangeal 2(nd) toes with absent nails, suggests that it represents a distinct...
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