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Mutation in PLK4, encoding a master regulator of centriole formation, defines a novel locus for primordial dwarfism.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 2014
Shaheen Ranad, Al Tala Saeed, Almoisheer Agaadir, Alkuraya Fowzan S
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BACKGROUND: Primordial dwarfism (PD) is a heterogeneous clinical entity characterised by severe prenatal and postnatal growth deficiency. Despite the recent wave of disease gene discovery, the causal mutations in many PD patients remain unknown. OBJECTIVE: To describe a PD family that maps to a n...
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