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Case Report: Two different acromelic dysplasia phenotypes in a Chinese family caused by a missense mutation in FBN1 and a literature review
15 Jul 2024
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Background Acromelic dysplasia caused by FBN1 mutation includes acromicric dysplasia (AD), geleophysic dysplasia 2 (GD2), and Weill-Marchesani syndrome 2 (WMS2). All three diseases share severe short stature and brachydactyly. Besides phenotypic similarity, there is a molecular genetic overlap among them, as identical FBN1 gene mutations have been identified in patients with AD, GD2, and WMS2. However, no family...
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