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From Multiple Congenital Anomalies to Pituitary Gland Malformation: Wide Spectrum of Clinical Features in a Family With FOXA2 Variant.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2026
Connolly Christopher, Parmar Hemant A, Hipp Lauren, Higashimoto Tomoyasu
Abstract excerpt
FOXA2 (hepatocyte nuclear factor-3β, HNF-3β) encodes a transcriptional activator involved in early embryogenesis, particularly in the patterning and differentiation of midline structures such as the neural tube, foregut, and pituitary gland. Its role in human pathogenesis was first suspected when patients with deletion of chromosome 20p11.2 which encompassed the FOXA2 gene were reported. With improvement in...
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