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Hypospadias associated with hypertelorism, the mildest phenotype of Opitz syndrome.
Journal of human genetics - 1 May 2011
Zhang Xufeng, Chen Yougen, Zhao Shentiang, Markljung Ellen, Nordenskjöld Agneta
Abstract excerpt
Hypospadias is a common congenital malformation in boys in which the urethral meatus opens on the underside of the penis. It is considered a complex disorder with several genes involved and the molecular etiology is just beginning to be revealed. As more than 85% of Opitz G/BBB syndrome (OS) patients with MID1 mutations are manifested with hypospadias, we have investigated the association between the MID1 gene...
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