Article
Challenges in genetic counseling because of intra-familial phenotypic variation of oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1.
Congenital anomalies - 1 Dec 2013
Shimojima Keiko, Shimada Shino, Sugawara Midori, Yoshikawa Naomi, Niijima Shinichi, Urao Masahiko, Yamamoto Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1 (OFD1; MIM 311200) is characterized by multiple anomalies of the oral cavity, face and digits. We report a family with OFD1, where two female siblings and their mother shared the same mutation of the responsible gene (OFD1) c.1193_1196delAATC. Phenotypic variability was observed among them; the mother showed minimal features of OFD1, whereas her two daughters showed partial...
Topics
- Adult
- Brain
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Facies
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Counseling
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
