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SUBMITTER: Martinez-Quintana E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3919485 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martínez-Quintana E E Rodríguez-González F F Garay-Sánchez P P Tugores A A
Molecular syndromology 20131004 1
CHARGE syndrome is a rare congenital condition characterized by 6 cardinal features: coloboma, heart defect, atresia choanae, retarded growth and development, genital anomalies, and ear anomalies/deafness. Mutations of the chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein gene CHD7 are reported to be a major cause of CHARGE syndrome. Herein, we report the case of a 27-year-old patient presenting with typical symptoms who bears a novel heterozygous insertion in exon 2 of the CHD7 gene (c.327dupC) resulti ...[more]