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Homozygous WNT3 mutation causes tetra-amelia in a large consanguineous family.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2004
Niemann Stephan, Zhao Chengfeng, Pascu Filon, Stahl Ulrich, Aulepp Ute, Niswander Lee, Weber James L, Müller Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Tetra-amelia is a rare human genetic disorder characterized by complete absence of all four limbs and other anomalies. We studied a consanguineous family with four affected fetuses displaying autosomal recessive tetra-amelia and craniofacial and urogenital defects. By homozygosity mapping, the disease locus was assigned to chromosome 17q21, with a maximum multipoint LOD score of 2.9 at markers D17S931, D17S1785,...
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