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NIPBL mutational analysis in 120 individuals with Cornelia de Lange syndrome and evaluation of genotype-phenotype correlations.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2004
Gillis Lynette A, McCallum Jennifer, Kaur Maninder, DeScipio Cheryl, Yaeger Dinah, Mariani Allison, Kline Antonie D, Li Hui-hua, Devoto Marcella, Jackson Laird G, Krantz Ian D
Abstract excerpt
The Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphia, upper-extremity malformations, hirsutism, cardiac defects, growth and cognitive retardation, and gastrointestinal abnormalities. Both missense and protein-truncating mutations in NIPBL, the human homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster Nipped-B gene, have recently been reported to cause CdLS. The...
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