The origin of EFNB1 mutations in craniofrontonasal syndrome: frequent somatic mosaicism and explanation of the paucity of carrier males.

Craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS) is an X-linked disorder that exhibits a paradoxical sex reversal in phenotypic severity: females characteristically have frontonasal dysplasia, craniosynostosis, and additional minor malformations, but males are usually mildly affected with hypertelorism only. Despi...

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Main Authors: Twigg, SR, Matsumoto, K, Kidd, A, Goriely, A, Taylor, I, Fisher, R, Hoogeboom, A, Mathijssen, I, Lourenco, M, Morton, J, Sweeney, E, Wilson, L, Brunner, H, Mulliken, J, Wall, SA, Wilkie, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006