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Discontinuous microduplications at chromosome 10q24.31 identified in a Chinese family with split hand and foot malformation.
BMC medical genetics - 18 Apr 2013
Dai Li, Deng Ying, Li Nana, Xie Liang, Mao Meng, Zhu Jun
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BACKGROUND: Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) is a congenital disorder characterized by a cleft of the hands and/or feet due to dificiency of central rays. Genomic rearrangement at 10q24 has been found to cause nonsyndromic SHFM (SHFM3). METHODS: Four patients and fourteen unaffected individuals from a four-generation Chinese pedigree with typical SHFM3 phenotypes were recruited for this study. After informed...
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