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Phenotypic heterogeneity in Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome: two new families with a mutation in the C2orf37 gene.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2011
Ben-Omran Tawfeg, Ali Rehab, Almureikhi Mariam, Alameer Seham, Al-Saffar Muna, Walsh Christopher A, Felie Jillian M, Teebi Ahmad
Abstract excerpt
Hypogonadism, alopecia, diabetes mellitus, mental retardation, and extrapyramidal syndrome [also known as Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome (WSS)] is a rare autosomal recessive neuroendocrine and ectodermal disorder. The syndrome was first described by Woodhouse and Sakati in 1983, and 47 patients from 23 families have been reported so far. We report on an additional seven patients (four males and three females) from two...
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