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A new frontonasal dysplasia syndrome associated with deletion of the SIX2 gene.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2016
Hufnagel Robert B, Zimmerman Sarah L, Krueger Laura A, Bender Patricia L, Ahmed Zubair M, Saal Howard M
Abstract excerpt
The frontonasal dysplasias are a group of craniofacial phenotypes characterized by hypertelorism, nasal clefting, frontal bossing, and abnormal hairline. These conditions are caused by recessive mutations in members of the aristaless gene family, resulting in abnormal cranial neural crest migration and differentiation. We report a family with a dominantly inherited craniofacial phenotype comprised of frontal...
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