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Clinical and molecular studies of patients with characteristics of Opitz G/BBB syndrome shows a novel MID1 mutation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Sept 2008
Hsieh Elena W Y, Vargervik Karin, Slavotinek Anne M
Abstract excerpt
Opitz G/BBB syndrome is characterized by midline abnormalities such as hypertelorism, cleft palate, and hypospadias. This syndrome is heterogeneous with an X-linked recessive form caused by mutations in the MID1 gene at band Xp22.3. However, mutations in MID1 have only been identified in 47% of familial cases of X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome, and 13% of sporadic cases. We performed a phenotype-genotype analysis...
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