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GPC3 mutations in seven patients with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2007
Sakazume Satoru, Okamoto Nobuhiko, Yamamoto Toshiyuki, Kurosawa Kenji, Numabe Hironao, Ohashi Yuko, Kako Yuko, Nagai Toshiro, Ohashi Hirohumi
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed mutations of the GPC3gene in seven males with typical manifestations of Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (SGBS). Genomic DNA was PCR amplified for its all eight exons and exon-intron boundaries using designed set of primers, and PCR products were directly sequenced. All seven males studied had mutations: One patient had a large deletion spanning introns 6 and 7, four each had a C --> T base substitution...
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