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Holoprosencephaly in a family segregating novel variants in ZIC2 and GLI2.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2011
Wannasilp Nilrat, Solomon Benjamin D, Warren-Mora Nicole, Clegg Nancy J, Delgado Mauricio R, Lacbawan Felicitas, Hu Ping, Winder Thomas L, Roessler Erich, Muenke Maximilian
Abstract excerpt
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is the most common malformation of the human forebrain. Typical manifestations in affected patients include a characteristic pattern of structural brain and craniofacial anomalies. HPE may be caused by mutations in over 10 identified genes; the inheritance is traditionally viewed as autosomal dominant with highly variable expressivity and incomplete penetrance. We present the description...
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