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Third case of 8q23.3-q24.13 deletion in a patient with Langer-Giedion syndrome phenotype without TRPS1 gene deletion.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2012
Pereza Nina, Severinski Srećko, Ostojić Saša, Volk Marija, Maver Aleš, Dekanić Kristina Baraba, Kapović Miljenko, Peterlin Borut
Abstract excerpt
Langer-Giedion syndrome (LGS) is a contiguous gene syndrome caused by a hemizygous deletion on chromosome 8q23.3-q24.11 involving TRPS1 and EXT1 genes. We report on a girl with LGS phenotype and a 7.5 Mb interstitial deletion at chromosome 8q23.3-q24.13. Array-comparative genomic hybridization (a-CGH) revealed a deletion encompassing only the EXT1 and not the TRPS1 gene. Even though the deletion of TRPS1 and EXT1...
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