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A Homozygous Nonsense Variant in IFT52 Is Associated with a Human Skeletal Ciliopathy

Author(s): Rolfs, Prof. Arndt, MD, Girisha, Katta, MD, Shukla, Anju, MD, Trujillano, Daniel, PhD, Bhavani, Gandham SriLakshmi, Hebbar, Malavika, MD, Kadavigere, Rajagopal, MD

We examined a child from a consanguineous family who had amongst others short stature and narrow thorax. This is the first report of a human disease associated with IFT52. Read more!

Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is vital for the functioning of primary cilia. We examined a child from a consanguineous family who had short stature, narrow thorax, short hands and feet, postaxial polydactyly of hands, pigmentary retinopathy, small teeth and skeletal dysplasia. This is the first report of a human disease associated with IFT52.


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