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Currarino syndrome: variable imaging features in three siblings with HLXB9 gene mutation.
Clinical imaging - 1 Jan 2000
Kim Ah Yeong, Yoo So-Young, Kim Ji Hye, Eo Hong, Jeon Tae Yeon
Abstract excerpt
Currarino syndrome (CS) is characterized by the triad of partial sacral defect, anorectal malformation, and presacral mass and has been recently reported to be associated with mutations in the HLXB9 gene, which have been suggested to be the genetic background of CS. Phenotypic expression of the HLXB9 gene mutation in a CS family varies from an incomplete to a complete triad. We present variable clinical and...
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