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Familial blepharophimosis-like syndrome with esotropia, uveal coloboma, and short stature.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Sept 2006
Khan Arif O, Alam Syed K, Aldahmesh Mohammed, Rajab Mohammed, Meyer Brian
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BACKGROUND: Interstitial deletion of Hsa 3q involves FOXL2, the gene responsible for blepharophimosis-ptosis-telecanthus-epicanthus inversus (BPES). Thought to be due to a contiguous gene syndrome, the recognizable phenotype of 3q interstitial deletion includes BPES facies and has not been associated with other loci. OBJECTIVE: To describe a familial syndrome that resembles the interstitial deletion of 3q...
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