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Novel SMAD4 mutation causing Myhre syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2014
Caputo Viviana, Bocchinfuso Gianfranco, Castori Marco, Traversa Alice, Pizzuti Antonio, Stella Lorenzo, Grammatico Paola, Tartaglia Marco
Abstract excerpt
Myhre syndrome (MYHRS, OMIM 139210) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by developmental and growth delay, athletic muscular built, variable cognitive deficits, skeletal anomalies, stiffness of joints, distinctive facial gestalt and deafness. Recently, SMAD4 (OMIM 600993) was identified by exome sequencing as the disease gene mutated in MYHRS. Previously only three missense mutations affecting Ile500...
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