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Deletion involving the TWIST locus and the HOXA cluster: a contiguous gene syndrome on 7p?
Congenital anomalies - 1 Mar 2005
Kosaki Rika, Higuchi Masataka, Mitsui Norimasa, Matsushima Kazushige, Ohashi Hirofumi, Kosaki Kenjiro
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of TWIST on 7p21 leads to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, whereas deletion of the HOXA cluster on 7p15.2 leads to hand-foot-genital syndrome. We report here a patient with 46,XY,del(7)(p15.2p21) who had craniosynostosis, maxillary hypoplasia, prominent ear crus, rectoperineal fistula, and hypoplastic fifth fingers. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization, we demonstrated the deletion to encompass the TWIST...
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