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Clinical and genetic analysis of HLXB9 gene in Korean patients with Currarino syndrome.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Kim In-Suk, Oh Soo-Young, Choi Suk-Joo, Kim Jong-Hwa, Park Kwan Hyun, Park Hyun-Kyung, Kim Jong-Won, Ki Chang-Seok
Abstract excerpt
Currarino syndrome (CS) is a rare autosomal dominant disease that has been described as a triad of partial sacral agenesis, anorectal anomalies, and a presacral mass. Mutations in the HLXB9 gene have been suggested to be the genetic background of CS. In this study, sequence analysis of the HLXB9 gene was performed in two familial and two sporadic Korean patients showing the clinical features of CS, and two...
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