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Characterization of dermatoglyphics in PHOX2B-confirmed congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Pediatrics - 1 Aug 2006
Todd Emily S, Scott Nicole M, Weese-Mayer Debra E, Weinberg Seth M, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth M, Silvestri Jean M, Kenny Anna S, Hauptman Susan A, Zhou Lili, Marazita Mary L
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OBJECTIVE: Individuals with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome have characteristic variants in the PHOX2B gene (primarily polyalanine expansion mutations). The PHOX2B gene acts as a transcriptional activator in the promotion of pan-neuronal differentiation in the autonomic nervous system during early embryologic development, with a primary role in the sympathetic noradrenergic phenotype in vertebrates....
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