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Case report of the first molecular diagnosis of Stickler syndrome with a pathogenic COL2A1 variant in a Mongolia family.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Oct 2021
Wu Hong, Che Songtian, Li Shuchun, Cheng Yan, Xiao Jun, Liu Zaoxia
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BACKGROUND: Stickler syndrome is a group of connective tissue disorders that can affect eye (myopia, cataract, and retinal detachment), skeleton (spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and precocious arthritis), craniofacies (midfacial under development and cleft palate), and inner ear (conductive and sensorineural); with the degree of symptoms varying among patients. Mutations in the COL2A1, COL11A1, COL11A2, COL9A1,...
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