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synpolydactyly type Vordingborg

Wednesday 12 September 2007

Definition: axis duplication and dysostosis.

Etiology

- germline mutations (polyalanine repeat expansion) in HOXD13

See also

- polyalanine repeat expansions

References

- Kjaer KW, Hedeboe J, Bugge M, Hansen C, Friis-Henriksen K, Vestergaard MB, Tommerup N, Opitz JM. HOXD13 polyalanine tract expansion in classical synpolydactyly type Vordingborg. Am J Med Genet. 2002 Jun 15;110(2):116-21. PMID: 12116248