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Genetics of Sotos syndrome.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Dec 2003
Visser Remco, Matsumoto Naomichi
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Sotos syndrome (SoS) (OMIM #117550) is a childhood overgrowth syndrome characterized by excessive growth, distinctive craniofacial features, developmental delay, and advanced bone age. Recently, haploinsufficiency of the NSD1 gene has been identified as the major cause of SoS, with intragenic mutations or submicroscopic microdeletions being found in about 60 to 75% of clinically diagnosed...
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