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Metopic craniosynostosis due to mutations in GLI3: A novel association.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2010
McDonald-McGinn Donna M, Feret Holly, Nah Hyun-Duck, Bartlett Scott P, Whitaker Linton A, Zackai Elaine H
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We report on the novel association of trigonocephaly and polysyndactyly in two unrelated patients due to mutations within the last third (exon 14) and first third (exon 6) of the GLI3 gene, respectively. GLI3 acts as a downstream mediator of the Sonic hedgehog signal-transduction pathway which is...
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