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Duplication of the EFNB1 gene in familial hypertelorism: imbalance in ephrin-B1 expression and abnormal phenotypes in humans and mice.
Human mutation - 1 Aug 2011
Babbs Christian, Stewart Helen S, Williams Louise J, Connell Lyndsey, Goriely Anne, Twigg Stephen R F, Smith Kim, Lester Tracy, Wilkie Andrew O M
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypertelorism, characterized by widely spaced eyes, classically shows autosomal dominant inheritance (Teebi type), but some pedigrees are compatible with X-linkage. No mechanism has been described previously, but clinical similarity has been noted to craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS), which is caused by mutations in the X-linked EFNB1 gene. Here we report a family in which females in three generations...
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