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Deletion 3q in two patients with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES).
Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus - 1 Jan 2000
Costa T, Pashby R, Huggins M, Teshima I E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) is an autosomal dominant condition mapped to chromosome 3q23. There are several reports of chromosomal abnormalities involving this region with a resultant phenotype that includes BPES. METHOD: We reassessed two unrelated boys ages 3 and 5 with BPES and associated nonocular abnormalities. Karyotype, which had been previously reported as...
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