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A novel EFNB1 mutation in a patient with craniofrontonasal syndrome and right hallux duplication.
Gene - 25 Sept 2013
Seven Mehmet, Gezdirici Alper, Ulucan Hakan, Karatas Omer Faruk, Yosunkaya Elif, Yuksel Adnan, Ozen Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS, MIM #304110) is a rare X-linked dominant developmental disorder that shows paradoxically greater severity in affected females than in affected males. Our female patient with frontonasal dysplasia, craniosynostosis and additional malformations was consistent with CFNS. EFNB1, which encodes a member of the ephrin family of transmembrane ligands for Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, is...
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