TETRAMELIC MIRROR-IMAGE POLYDACTYLY AND A DE-NOVO BALANCED TRANSLOCATION BETWEEN 2P23.3 AND 14Q13

Authors
KIM KC WAKUI K YAMAGISHI A OHNO T SATO M IMAIZUMI S AIHARA T FUKUSHIMA Y OHASHI H
Citation
Kc. Kim et al., TETRAMELIC MIRROR-IMAGE POLYDACTYLY AND A DE-NOVO BALANCED TRANSLOCATION BETWEEN 2P23.3 AND 14Q13, American journal of medical genetics, 68(1), 1997, pp. 70-73
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
American journal of medical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487299
Volume
68
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
70 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(1997)68:1<70:TMPAAD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report on a male infant with tetramelic mirror-image polydactyly an d a de novo, balanced reciprocal translocation between 2p23.3 and 14q1 3, This patient suggests that a novel gene, which functions in the mor phogenesis of the hands and feet along the anterior-posterior axis, ma y be located at 2p23.3 or 14q13. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.