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A mutation in the receptor binding site of GDF5 causes Mohr-Wriedt brachydactyly type A2.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 2006
Kjaer K W, Eiberg H, Hansen L, van der Hagen C B, Rosendahl K, Tommerup N, Mundlos S
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BACKGROUND: Brachydactyly type A2 (OMIM 112600) is characterised by hypoplasia/aplasia of the second middle phalanx of the index finger and sometimes the little finger. BDA2 was first described by Mohr and Wriedt in a large Danish/Norwegian kindred and mutations in BMPR1B were recently demonstrated in two affected families. METHODS: We found and reviewed Mohr and Wriedt's original unpublished annotations, updated...
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