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Identification of a Mutation in FGF23 Involved in Mandibular Prognathism.
Scientific reports - 10 Jun 2015
Chen Fengshan, Li Qin, Gu Mingliang, Li Xin, Yu Jun, Zhang Yong-Biao
Abstract excerpt
Mandibular prognathism (MP) is a severe maxillofacial disorder with undetermined genetic background. We collected a Chinese pedigree with MP which involved in 23 living members of 4 generations. Genome-wide linkage analysis were carried out to obtain the information in this family and a new MP-susceptibility locus, 12pter-p12.3 was identified. Whole-exome sequencing identified a novel heterozygous mutation in...
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