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TGFBR2 deletion in a 20-month-old female with developmental delay and microcephaly.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2011
Campbell Ian M, Kolodziejska Katarzyna E, Quach Michael M, Wolf Varina Louise, Cheung Sau Wai, Lalani Seema R, Ramocki Melissa B, Stankiewicz Pawel
Abstract excerpt
To date, over 70 mutations in the TGFBR2 gene have been reported in patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), Marfan syndrome type 2 (MFS2), or other hereditary thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. Whereas almost all of mutations analyzed thus far are predicted to disrupt the constitutively active C-terminal serine/threonine kinase domain of TGFBR2, mounting evidence suggests that the molecular mechanism...
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