A heterozygous duplication variant of the HOXD13 gene caused synpolydactyly type 1 with variable expressivity in a Chinese family

• Main Authors: Tahir Zaib (Author), Wei Ji (Author), Komal Saleem (Author), Guangchen Nie (Author), Chao Li (Author), Lin Cao (Author), Baijun Xu (Author), Kexian Dong (Author), Hanfei Yu (Author), Xuguang Hao (Author), Yan Xue (Author), Shuhan Si (Author), Xueyuan Jia (Author), Jie Wu (Author), Xuelong Zhang (Author), Rongwei Guan (Author), Guohua Ji (Author), Jing Bai (Author), Feng Chen (Author), Yong Liu (Author), Wenjing Sun (Author), Songbin Fu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Synpolydactyly type 1 (SPD1), also known as syndactyly type II, is an autosomal dominant limb deformity generally results in webbing of 3rd and 4th fingers, duplication of 4th or 5th toes. It is most commonly caused by mutation in HOXD13 gene. In this study, a five-generation Chi...