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The spectrum of cardiac anomalies in Noonan syndrome as a result of mutations in the PTPN11 gene.
Pediatrics - 1 Jun 2007
Sznajer Yves, Keren Boris, Baumann Clarisse, Pereira Sabrina, Alberti Corinne, Elion Jacques, Cavé Hélène, Verloes Alain
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OBJECTIVE: Noonan syndrome is a clinically homogeneous but genetically heterogeneous condition. Type 1 Noonan syndrome is defined by the presence of a mutation in the PTPN11 gene, which is found in approximately 40% of the cases. Phenotype descriptions and cardiac defects from cohorts with Noonan syndrome were delineated in the "pregenomic era." We report the heart defects and links to gene dysfunction in cardiac...
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