The full spectrum of holoprosencephaly-a
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Erich Roessler; Felicitas Lacbawan; Christèle Dubourg; Aimee Paulussen; Jos Herb
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Mutations of the ZIC2 transcription factor gene are among the most common heterozygous variations detected in holoprosencephaly (HPE) patients, a patient group who lack critical midline forebrain specification due to defective embryonic signaling during development. Recent studies indicate that com