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Atypical ZFHX1B mutation associated with a mild Mowat-Wilson syndrome phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Apr 2006
Zweier Christiane, Horn Denise, Kraus Cornelia, Rauch Anita
Abstract excerpt
Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a recently delineated severe mental retardation, multiple congenital anomalies syndrome caused by dominant nonsense or frameshift mutations, deletions or translocations of the zinc finger homeobox 1B gene (ZFHX1B). We report on a patient with exceptional mild phenotype caused by a novel and unusual splice mutation in the 5'UTR. The aberrant transcript leads to usage of an alternative...
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