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SUBMITTER: Ludecke HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1234936 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lüdecke H J HJ Schaper J J Meinecke P P Momeni P P Gross S S von Holtum D Hirche H H Abramowicz M J MJ Albrecht B B Apacik C C Christen H J HJ Claussen U U Devriendt K K Fastnacht E E Forderer A A Friedrich U U Goodship T H TH Greiwe M M Hamm H H Hennekam R C RC Hinkel G K GK Hoeltzenbein M M Kayserili H H Majewski F F Mathieu M M McLeod R R Midro A T AT Moog U U Nagai T T Niikawa N N Orstavik K H KH Plöchl E E Seitz C C Schmidtke J J Tranebjaerg L L Tsukahara M M Wittwer B B Zabel B B Gillessen-Kaesbach G G Horsthemke B B
American journal of human genetics 20001207 1
Tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome (TRPS) is characterized by craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities. Three subtypes have been described: TRPS I, caused by mutations in the TRPS1 gene on chromosome 8; TRPS II, a microdeletion syndrome affecting the TRPS1 and EXT1 genes; and TRPS III, a form with severe brachydactyly, due to short metacarpals, and severe short stature, but without exostoses. To investigate whether TRPS III is caused by TRPS1 mutations and to establish a genotype-phenotype correlat ...[more]