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Genotype-phenotype correlation in Costello syndrome: HRAS mutation analysis in 43 cases.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 2006
Kerr B, Delrue M-A, Sigaudy S, Perveen R, Marche M, Burgelin I, Stef M, Tang B, Eden O B, O'Sullivan J, De Sandre-Giovannoli A, Reardon W, Brewer C, Bennett C, Quarell O, M'Cann E, Donnai D, Stewart F, Hennekam R, Cavé H, Verloes A, Philip N, Lacombe D, Levy N, Arveiler B, Black G
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BACKGROUND: Costello syndrome (CS) is a rare multiple congenital abnormality syndrome, associated with failure to thrive and developmental delay. One of the more distinctive features in childhood is the development of facial warts, often nasolabial and in other moist body surfaces. Individuals with CS have an increased risk of malignancy, suggested to be about 17%. Recently, mutations in the HRAS gene on...
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