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Recurrence risk for sibs of children with ?sporadic? achondroplasia

✍ Scribed by Mettler, Gabrielle; Fraser, F. Clarke

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 8 KB
Volume: 90
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000131)90:3<250::aid-ajmg13>3.0.co;2-3

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✦ Synopsis

Because of gonadal mosaicism, the risk of recurrence of achondroplasia in the sibs of achondroplastic children with unaffected parents is presumably higher than twice the mutation rate, but it has not been measured.

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