Waardenburg Syndrome: description of two novel mutations in the PAX3 gene, one of which incompletely penetrant

We describe two different novel mutations in the PAX3 gene, detected in two families with cases of Waardenburg syndrome type I (WSI). The missense mutation detected in one family involved a single substitution in exon 2 (c.142 G > T) and was present both in the affected individual and in his clin...

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Main Authors: Eliete Pardono, Juliana F. Mazzeu, Karina Lezirovitz, Maria Teresa B.M. Auricchio, Paula Iughetti, Rafaella M.P. Nascimento, Regina C. Mingroni-Netto, Paulo A. Otto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2006-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000400003