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An unusual mutation in RECQ4 gene leading to Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
Mutation research - 31 Oct 2002
Balraj Pauline, Concannon Pat, Jamal Rahman, Beghini Alessandro, Hoe T S, Khoo Alan Soobeng, Volpi Ludovica
Abstract excerpt
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (OMIM #268400) is a severe autosomal recessive genodermatosis: characterised by growth retardation, hyperpigmentation and frequently accompanied by congenital bone defects, brittle hair and hypogonadism. Mutations in helicase RECQ4 gene are responsible for a subset of cases of RTS. Only six mutations have been reported, thus, far and each affecting the coding sequence or the splice...
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