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Digenic Inheritance of a FOXC2 Mutation and Two PIEZO1 Mutations Underlies Congenital Lymphedema in a Multigeneration Family.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Feb 2022
Mustacich Debbie J, Lai Li-Wen, Bernas Michael J, Jones Jazmine A, Myles Reginald J, Kuo Phillip H, Williams Walter H, Witte Charles L, Erickson Robert P, Witte Marlys Hearst
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BACKGROUND: The lymphatic system is essential for maintaining the balance of interstitial fluid in tissues and for returning protein-rich fluids (lymph) to the bloodstream. Congenital lymphatic defects lead to accumulation of lymph in peripheral tissues and body cavities, termed primary lymphedema. To date, only a limited number of individual genes have been identified in association with primary lymphedema....
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