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Bronchial isomerism in a Kabuki syndrome patient with a novel mutation in MLL2 gene.
BMC medical genetics - 28 Jan 2014
Cappuccio Gerarda, Rossi Alessandro, Fontana Paolo, Acampora Emma, Avolio Valeria, Merla Giuseppe, Zelante Leopoldo, Secinaro Aurelio, Andria Generoso, Melis Daniela
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare, multiple congenital anomalies/intellectual disability syndrome caused by mutations of MLL2 gene, which codifies for a histone methyltrasferase that regulates the embryogenesis and the tissue development. Left-bronchial isomerism is a rare congenital abnormality that can be defined as the absence of the normal lateralizing features which distinguish right and left-sides...
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