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Collagen XVIII mutation in Knobloch syndrome with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2010
Mahajan Vinit B, Olney Ann Haskins, Garrett Penny, Chary Ajit, Dragan Ecaterina, Lerner Gary, Murray Jeffrey, Bassuk Alexander G
Abstract excerpt
Knobloch syndrome (KNO) is caused by mutations in the collagen XVIII gene (COL18A1) and patients develop encephalocele and vitreoretinal degeneration. Here, we report an El Salvadorian family where two sisters showed features of KNO. One of the siblings also developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
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