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Microdeletion 20p12.3 involving BMP2 contributes to syndromic forms of cleft palate.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2011
Sahoo Trilochan, Theisen Aaron, Sanchez-Lara Pedro A, Marble Michael, Schweitzer Daniela N, Torchia Beth S, Lamb Allen N, Bejjani Bassem A, Shaffer Lisa G, Lacassie Yves
Abstract excerpt
Orofacial clefts of the lip and/or palate comprise one of the most common craniofacial birth defects in humans. Though a majority of cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) occurs as isolated congenital anomalies, there exist a large number of Mendelian disorders in which orofacial clefting is part of the clinical phenotype. Here we report on two individuals and one multi-generational family with microdeletions at...
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