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Mutation detection in FGFR2 craniosynostosis syndromes.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 1997
Hollway G E, Suthers G K, Haan E A, Thompson E, David D J, Gecz J, Mulley J C
Abstract excerpt
Five autosomal dominant craniosynostosis syndromes (Apert, Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Jackson-Weiss and Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans) result from mutations in FGFR genes. Fourteen unrelated patients with FGFR2-related craniosynostosis syndromes were screened for mutations in exons IIIa and IIIc of FGFR2. Eight of the nine mutations found have been reported, but one patient with Pfeiffer syndrome was found...
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