Mild nasal clefting may be predictive for ALX4 heterozygotes.

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Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in ALX4 are responsible for enlarged parietal foramina, whereas patients with biallelic ALX4 mutations display a phenotypic spectrum of clinical findings, from mild to severe alopecia, cranium bifidum, hypertelorism, microphthalmia, with alar clefting being the pivotal sign in all affecteds. We report on four affected individuals in a three-generation family, displaying a...

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