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Mutation analysis of the FOXL2 gene in Chinese patients with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome.
Mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2006
Tang Shengjian, Wang Xiaoke, Lin Lixin, Sun Yan, Wang Yanli, Yu Hongbo
Abstract excerpt
Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by blepharophimosis, ptosis and epicanthus inversus. Based on the presence and absence of premature ovarian failure, two clinical types have been distinguished. Both types of BPES have been mapped to chromosome 3q23 and are mostly due to mutations of a forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 gene which locates...
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