Genetic and clinical heterogeneity of Stickler syndrome
β Scribed by Vintiner, Gillian M. ;Temple, I. Karen ;Middleton-Price, Helen R. ;Baraitser, Michael ;Malcolm, Sue
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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β¦ Synopsis
We have studied 6 multigeneration Stickler syndrome families. Manifestations of the syndrome in the families included myopia, deafness, arthritis, characteristic facial changes with "flat" midface and cleft palate, although not all these were present in all families. COL2Al has been implicated as a gene which can give rise to Stickler syndrome based on evidence from 2 large families which each showed significant linkage between the disease locus and restriction fragment length polymorphisms for the gene (F'rancomano CA, Lieberfarb RM,
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