Article
Clinical identification of a human equivalent to the short ear (se) murine phenotype.
Annales de genetique - 1 Jan 1994
Lacombe D, Toutain A, Gorlin R J, Oley C A, Battin J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the BMP-5 gene at the mouse short-ear locus alter size, shape, and number of many different skeletal elements, and greatly reduce the size of the external ear. The alterations in short-ear mice are confined to particular skeletal features and a human equivalent is not known. We report on 5 patients whose features fit into the clinical criteria of the EPS (ear, patella, short stature) syndrome...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Height
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cryptorchidism
- Ear, External
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Mice
- Micrognathism
