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Intrafamilial variability of the triphalangeal thumb phenotype in a Dutch population: Evidence for phenotypic progression over generations?
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2017
Baas Martijn, Potuijt Jacob W P, Hovius Steven E R, Hoogeboom A Jeannette M, Galjaard Robert-Jan H, van Nieuwenhoven Christianne A
Abstract excerpt
Triphalangeal thumbs (TPTs) are regularly caused by mutations in the ZRS in LMBR1. Phenotypic variability can be present in TPT-families. However, recent observations suggest an increased occurrence of severe phenotypes in the Dutch TPT-population. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the progression of the clinical severity of TPT-phenotype through generations. Index patients from a Dutch...
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