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CHD7 mutations causing CHARGE syndrome are predominantly of paternal origin.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 2012
Pauli S, von Velsen N, Burfeind P, Steckel M, Mänz J, Buchholz A, Borozdin W, Kohlhase J
Abstract excerpt
CHARGE (coloboma, heart defects, atresia of the choanae, retarded growth and development, genital hypoplasia, ear anomalies and deafness) syndrome is a congenital malformation syndrome caused by mutations in the CHD7 gene in approximately 2/3 of cases. In the vast majority of cases, CHARGE syndrome is sporadic. There are only a few reports of parent-to-child transmission and somatic or gonadal mosaicism. To...
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