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Fibrochondrogenesis results from mutations in the COL11A1 type XI collagen gene.
American journal of human genetics - 12 Nov 2010
Tompson Stuart W, Bacino Carlos A, Safina Nicole P, Bober Michael B, Proud Virginia K, Funari Tara, Wangler Michael F, Nevarez Lisette, Ala-Kokko Leena, Wilcox William R, Eyre David R, Krakow Deborah, Cohn Daniel H
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Fibrochondrogenesis is a severe, autosomal-recessive, short-limbed skeletal dysplasia. In a single case of fibrochondrogenesis, whole-genome SNP genotyping identified unknown ancestral consanguinity by detecting three autozygous regions. Because of the predominantly skeletal nature of the phenoty...
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