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A New Homozygous IGF1R Variant Defines a Clinically Recognizable Incomplete Dominant form of SHORT Syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2015
Prontera Paolo, Micale Lucia, Verrotti Alberto, Napolioni Valerio, Stangoni Gabriela, Merla Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
Here, we describe a child, born from consanguineous parents, with clinical features of SHORT syndrome, high IGF1 levels, developmental delay, CNS defects, and marked progeroid appearance. By exome sequencing, we identified a new homozygous c.2201G>T missense mutation in the IGF1R gene. Proband's parents and other relatives, all heterozygous carriers of the mutation, presented with milder phenotype including high...
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