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Molecular screening for microdeletions at 9p22-p24 and 11q23-q24 in a large cohort of patients with trigonocephaly.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 2005
Jehee F S, Johnson D, Alonso L G, Cavalcanti D P, de Sá Moreira E, Alberto F L, Kok F, Kim C, Wall S A, Jabs E W, Boyadjiev S A, Wilkie A O M, Passos-Bueno M R
Abstract excerpt
Trigonocephaly is a rare form of craniosynostosis characterized by the premature closure of the metopic suture. To contribute to a better understanding of the genetic basis of metopic synostosis and in an attempt to restrict the candidate regions related to metopic suture fusion, we studied 76 unrelated patients with syndromic and non-syndromic trigonocephaly. We found a larger proportion of syndromic cases in...
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