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[Clinical and molecular genetic observations on families with cherubism over three generations].
Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie : MKG - 1 Mar 2003
Petschler M, Stiller M, Hoffmeister B, Witkowski R, Opitz C, Bill J S, Peters H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cherubism is a rare fibro-osseous disorder that almost exclusively affects the maxilla and mandible. CASE REPORT: We report on three affected males in three generations in family A, and ten affected patients in family B. The youngest affected relative in family A also had craniosynostosis. His father and grandfather had cherubism and clubbed fingers. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Cherubism was mapped to...
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