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Ocular abnormalities in Apert syndrome: genotype/phenotype correlations with fibroblast growth factor receptor type 2 mutations.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - 1 Dec 2006
Jadico Suzanne K, Young David A, Huebner Alexandra, Edmond Jane C, Pollock Avrum N, McDonald-McGinn Donna M, Li Yi-Ju, Zackai Elaine H, Young Terri L
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Apert syndrome, a disorder of craniosynostosis, syndactyly, and other craniofacial malformations, is caused by point mutations (Ser252Trp or Pro253Arg) in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 gene. This study's goal was to determine ophthalmic phenotype/genotype correlation...
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