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Deletions in HOXD13 segregate with an identical, novel foot malformation in two unrelated families.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 1998
Goodman F, Giovannucci-Uzielli M L, Hall C, Reardon W, Winter R, Scambler P
Abstract excerpt
Synpolydactyly (SPD) is a dominantly inherited congenital limb malformation consisting of 3/4 syndactyly in the hands and 4/5 syndactyly in the feet, with digit duplication in the syndactylous web. The condition recently has been found to result from different-sized expansions of an amino-terminal polyalanine tract in HOXD13. We report a novel type of mutation in HOXD13, associated in some cases with features of...
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