Article
Multiple congenital malformations of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome are recapitulated in Fgfrl1 null mice.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Jan 2000
Catela Catarina, Bilbao-Cortes Daniel, Slonimsky Esfir, Kratsios Paschalis, Rosenthal Nadia, Te Welscher Pascal
Abstract excerpt
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is caused by deletions in the short arm of chromosome 4 (4p) and occurs in about one per 20,000 births. Patients with WHS display a set of highly variable characteristics including craniofacial dysgenesis, mental retardation, speech problems, congenital heart defects, short stature and a variety of skeletal anomalies. Analysis of patients with 4p deletions has identified two WHS...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
