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SUBMITTER: Okano S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972145 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Okano Satomi S Miyamoto Akie A Fukuda Ikue I Tanaka Hajime H Hata Kenichiro K Kaname Tadashi T Matsubara Yoichi Y Makita Yoshio Y
Human genome variation 20180528
Genitopatellar syndrome (GPS) is mainly characterized by an absence of patellae, congenital flexion contractures of the lower limbs, psychomotor retardation, and anomalies of the external genitalia and kidneys. We report an 18-year-old female with a novel heterozygous truncating mutation in exon 17 of the <i>KAT6B</i> gene [MC_000010.11:c.3603_3606 del, p.Arg1201fs]. This is the first report of typical GPS in a Japanese individual. The details of our findings may contribute to elucidating the me ...[more]