Published January 1, 2013
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Mutation in MEOX1 gene causes a recessive Klippel-Feil syndrome subtype
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- 1. Sevket Yilmaz Res & Training Hosp, Minist Hlth, Neurosurg Clin, Bursa, Turkey
- 2. Acibadem Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med Biol, Istanbul, Turkey
- 3. Cumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Sivas, Turkey
- 4. Cumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurosurg, Mol Neurogenet Res Lab, Sivas, Turkey
- 5. TUBITAK BILGEM, Kocaeli, Turkey
- 6. Middle E Tech Univ, Inst Informat, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
- 7. Cumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurosurg, TR-58140 Merkez, Sivas, Turkey
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Background: Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by the developmental failure of the cervical spine and has two dominantly inherited subtypes. Affected individuals who are the children of a consanguineous marriage are extremely rare in the medical literature, but the gene responsible for this recessive trait subtype of KFS has recently been reported.
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