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A novel de novo mutation within EFNB1 gene in a young girl with craniofrontonasal syndrome.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - 1 Jan 2012
Apostolopoulou Despina, Stratoudakis Alexander, Hatzaki Angeliki, Kaxira Olga S, Panagopoulos Kanaris P, Kollia Panagoula, Aleporou Vassiliki
Abstract excerpt
Craniofrontonasal syndrome is mainly characterized by frontonasal dysplasia, telorbitism, a broad nasal root, and frequently a bifid nose and coronal craniosynostosis. Craniofrontonasal syndrome is an X-linked disorder with an unusual pattern of inheritance because heterozygous females are more severely affected than hemizygous males. The craniofrontonasal syndrome-causing gene is EFNB1, localized in the border...
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