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Prenatal exclusion of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI by mutational analysis.
Proceedings of the Association of American Physicians - 1 Jan 2000
Yeowell H N, Walker L C
Abstract excerpt
We have performed the first prenatal assessment of clinical phenotype in a family affected by Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI (EDS VI), an inherited collagen disorder, by screening the fetal DNA for mutations in the lysyl hydroxylase (LH) gene. We have previously reported that the affected child in this family is compound heterozygous for mutations in the LH gene. One allele has a paternally inherited C1557 to G...
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