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FTO variant associated with malformation syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2016
Rohena Luis, Lawson Michelle, Guzman Edwin, Ganapathi Mythily, Cho Megan T, Haverfield Eden, Anyane-Yeboa Kwame
Abstract excerpt
Common FTO variants are associated with obesity. However, it has recently been shown that homozygous FTO c.947G>A variant, which predicts p.R316Q, and c.956C>T, which predicts p.S319F, are associated with a malformation syndrome inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. We present a similar homozygous FTO c.965G>A variant that predicts p.R322Q, associated with a lethal malformation syndrome in a consanguineous...
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