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Kallmann syndrome: somatic and germline mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene in a mother and the son.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2006
Sato Naoko, Ohyama Kenji, Fukami Maki, Okada Michiyo, Ogata Tsutomu
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CONTEXT: Although Kallmann syndrome (KS) caused by heterozygous loss of function mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene (FGFR1) is occasionally associated with characteristic features, such as dental agenesis and cleft palate, FGFR1 mutations remain unidentified in several KS patients with such characteristic features. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We examined a 14-yr-old Japanese boy with...
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