c. 595-596 insC of FOXC2 underlies lymphedema, distichiasis, ptosis, ankyloglossia, and robin sequence in a Thai patient

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 737-740

  Tanpaiboon, Pranoot ^a   Kantaputra, Piranit ^b   Wejathikul, Karn ^a   Piyamongkol, Wirawit ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Dentistry   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ankyloglossia; Distichiasis; FOXC2; Glossoptosis; Lymphedema; Robin sequence

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2;

ANKYLOGLOSSIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA DISTICHIASIS; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EYELASHES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINGUAL FRENUM; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; SYNDROME; THAILAND;

EID: 77649227668     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33273     Document Type: Article

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