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Clinical and molecular characterization of craniofrontonasal syndrome: new symptoms and novel pathogenic variants in the EFNB1 gene.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 26 Jun 2021
Bukowska-Olech Ewelina, Gawliński Paweł, Jakubiuk-Tomaszuk Anna, Jędrzejowska Maria, Obersztyn Ewa, Piechota Michał, Bielska Marta, Jamsheer Aleksander
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS) is a rare X-linked disorder that results from pathogenic variants in the EFNB1 gene. The syndrome paradoxically presents with greater severity of the symptoms in heterozygous females than hemizygous males. RESULTS: We have recruited and screened a female cohort affected with CFNS. Our primary finding was the description of monozygotic twins, i.e., patients 5 and 6,...
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