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PTCH mutations in four Brazilian patients with holoprosencephaly and in one with holoprosencephaly-like features and normal MRI.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2006
Ribeiro Lucilene Arilho, Murray Jeffrey C, Richieri-Costa Antonio
Abstract excerpt
We report five Brazilian probands with PATCHED (PTCH) mutations and highly variable phenotypes with holoprosencephaly in four cases and holoprosencephaly-like facial features with a normal MRI in a fifth case. Three of our mutations were novel: Ala443Gly, Val751Gly, and Val908Gly. Two patients had the same mutation (Val908Gly), but were phenotypically different: alobar holoprosencephaly, absent nasal septum, and...
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