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Phenotypic diversity in patients with craniosynostoses unrelated to Apert syndrome: the role of fibroblast growth factor receptor gene mutations.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2005
Ito Susumu, Sekido Ken'ichi, Kanno Hiroshi, Sato Hironobu, Tanaka Masaaki, Yamaguchi Kazuo, Yamamoto Isao
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OBJECT: The goal of this study was to elucidate the genotype-phenotype relationship in syndromic craniosynostoses by analyzing the mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) gene and its clinical manifestations in patients, particularly those in atypical cases. METHODS: Twenty patients with craniosynostoses unrelated to Apert syndrome were enrolled in this study. The phenotypes indicated the...
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