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Sex related expressivity of the phenotype in coronal craniosynostosis caused by the recurrent P250R FGFR3 mutation.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Lajeunie E, El Ghouzzi V, Le Merrer M, Munnich A, Bonaventure J, Renier D
Abstract excerpt
A recurrent point mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene that converts proline 250 into arginine is commonly associated with coronal craniosynostosis and has allowed definition of a new syndrome on a molecular basis. Sixty-two patients with sporadic or familial forms of coronal craniosynostosis were investigated for the P250R FGFR3 mutation. It was identified in 20 probands originating...
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