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SUBMITTER: Cho HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2721984 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Hyun-Jung HJ Shin Mee-yong MY Ahn Kang-Mo KM Lee Sang Il SI Kim Hee-Jin HJ Ki Chang-Seok CS Kim Jong-Won JW
Journal of Korean medical science 20061001 5
X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome (XLOS; MIM 300000) is a rare multiple congenital anomaly disorder that is characterized by facial anomalies, laryngeal/tracheal/esophageal defects and genitourinary abnormalities. XLOS is caused by mutations in the MID1 gene which encodes a microtubule-associated RING-Bbox-Coiled-coil (RBCC) protein. We recently found a four-year Korean male patient who was suspected of having XLOS. Mutation analysis of the MID1 gene in the patient and his mother demonstrated that t ...[more]