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The 2p21 deletion syndrome: characterization of the transcription content.
Genomics - 1 Aug 2005
Parvari Ruti, Gonen Yael, Alshafee Ismael, Buriakovsky Sophia, Regev Kfir, Hershkovitz Eli
Abstract excerpt
The vast majority of small-deletion syndromes are caused by haploinsufficiency of one or several genes and are transmitted as dominant traits. We have previously identified a homozygous deletion of 179,311 bp on chromosome 2p21 as the cause of a unique syndrome, inherited in a recessive mode, consisting of cystinuria, neonatal seizures, hypotonia, severe somatic and developmental delay, facial dysmorphism, and...
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