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Familial CHARGE syndrome because of CHD7 mutation: clinical intra- and interfamilial variability.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2007
Delahaye A, Sznajer Y, Lyonnet S, Elmaleh-Bergès M, Delpierre I, Audollent S, Wiener-Vacher S, Mansbach A-L, Amiel J, Baumann C, Bremond-Gignac D, Attié-Bitach T, Verloes A, Sanlaville D
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CHARGE syndrome (OMIM #214800) is a multiple malformation syndrome with distinctive diagnostic criteria, usually because of CHD7 (chromodomain helicase DNA binding 7) haploinsufficiency. Familial occurrence of CHARGE syndrome is rare. We report six patients from two Caucasian families (both with one parent and two children) affected by mild to severe CHARGE syndrome. Direct sequencing of the CHD7 gene was...
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