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Expanding the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of popliteal pterygium disorders.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2015
Leslie Elizabeth J, O'Sullivan James, Cunningham Michael L, Singh Ankur, Goudy Steven L, Ababneh Faroug, Alsubaie Lamia, Ch'ng Gaik-Siew, van der Laar Ingrid M B H, Hoogeboom A Jeannette M, Dunnwald Martine, Kapoor Seema, Jiramongkolchai Pawina, Standley Jennifer, Manak J Robert, Murray Jeffrey C, Dixon Michael J
Abstract excerpt
The popliteal pterygia syndromes are a distinct subset of the hundreds of Mendelian orofacial clefting syndromes. Popliteal pterygia syndromes have considerable variability in severity and in the associated phenotypic features but are all characterized by cutaneous webbing across one or more major joints, cleft lip and/or palate, syndactyly, and genital malformations. Heterozygous mutations in IRF6 cause...
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