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cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome

MIM.115150

Cardio-facio-cutaneoussyndrome, CFC syndrome

 

Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome is characterized by a distinctive facial appearance, heart defects and mental retardation. It phenotypically overlaps with Noonan and Costello syndrome, which are caused by mutations in PTPN11 and HRAS, respectively.

Etiology

-  germline heterozygous mutations

See also

-  dysregulation of the RAS-RAF-ERK pathway

References

-  Niihori T, Aoki Y, Narumi Y, Neri G, Cave H, Verloes A, Okamoto N, Hennekam RC, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Wieczorek D, Kavamura MI, Kurosawa K, Ohashi H, Wilson L, Heron D, Bonneau D, Corona G, Kaname T, Naritomi K, Baumann C, Matsumoto N, Kato K, Kure S, Matsubara Y. Germline KRAS and BRAF mutations in cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome. Nat Genet. 2006 Feb 12; PMID: #16474404#



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