Article
Rare copy number variants identified in prune belly syndrome.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 2018
Boghossian Nansi S, Sicko Robert J, Giannakou Andreas, Dimopoulos Aggeliki, Caggana Michele, Tsai Michael Y, Yeung Edwina H, Pankratz Nathan, Cole Benjamin R, Romitti Paul A, Browne Marilyn L, Fan Ruzong, Liu Aiyi, Kay Denise M, Mills James L
Abstract excerpt
Prune belly syndrome (PBS), also known as Eagle-Barrett syndrome, is a rare congenital disorder characterized by absence or hypoplasia of the abdominal wall musculature, urinary tract anomalies, and cryptorchidism in males. The etiology of PBS is largely unresolved, but genetic factors are implicated given its recurrence in families. We examined cases of PBS to identify novel pathogenic copy number variants...
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