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Clinical and genetic characterization of autosomal recessive stickler syndrome caused by novel compound heterozygous mutations in the COL9A3 gene.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Mar 2021
Markova Tatiana, Sparber Peter, Borovikov Artem, Nagornova Tatiana, Dadali Elena
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BACKGROUND: Stickler syndrome (STL) is a clinically variable and genetically heterogeneous collagenopathy characterized by ophthalmic, auditory, skeletal, and orofacial abnormalities. STL is mainly inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern with mutations in the COL2A1, COL11A1, and COL11A2 genes. Autosomal recessive forms are rare. However, 19 patients have been reported to date, with STL caused by homozygous or...
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