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Split hand/foot malformation with long-bone deficiency and BHLHA9 duplication: report of 13 new families.
Clinical genetics - 1 May 2014
Petit F, Jourdain A-S, Andrieux J, Baujat G, Baumann C, Beneteau C, David A, Faivre L, Gaillard D, Gilbert-Dussardier B, Jouk P-S, Le Caignec C, Loget P, Pasquier L, Porchet N, Holder-Espinasse M, Manouvrier-Hanu S, Escande F
Abstract excerpt
Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM) with long-bone deficiency (SHFLD, MIM#119100) is a rare condition characterized by SHFM associated with long-bone malformation usually involving the tibia. Previous published data reported several unrelated patients with 17p13.3 duplication and SHFLD. Recently, the minimal critical region had been reduced, suggesting that BHLHA9 copy number gains are associated with this limb...
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