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ArticleAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A2011

A broad range of ophthalmologic anomalies is part of the holoprosencephaly spectrum.

Daniel E Pineda-Alvarez, Benjamin D Solomon, Erich Roessler, Joan Z Balog, Donald W Hadley, Wadih M Zein, Casey K Hadsall, Brian P Brooks, Maximilian Muenke

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Article in American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. In-depth investigations of adolescents and adults with holoprosencephaly identify unique characteristics.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel E Pineda-AlvarezMedical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.
Benjamin D Solomon
Erich Roessler
Joan Z Balog
Donald W Hadley
Wadih M Zein
Casey K Hadsall
Brian P Brooks
Maximilian Muenke
National Institutes of Health · USNational Eye Institute · US

Funding

NHGRI/DIR Medical Genetics Training ProgramsZIEHG200354 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SHCHELOCHKOV, OLEG · 2009 to 2025
$50.9M
Genetics of Brain DevelopmentZIAHG000209 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI KRUSZKA, PAUL · 2009 to 2020
$18.2M
Genetics of Brain DevelopmentZ01HG000209 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MUENKE, MAXIMILIAN · 2002 to 2008
$2.1M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HG000209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is the most common disorder of the developing forebrain in humans, and is characterized by failed or incomplete cleavage of the cerebral hemispheres and deep brain structures. HPE includes wide phenotypic variability, with a continuum of both brain and craniofacial anomalies. While "classic" eye findings, including the spectrum of midline anomalies ranging from cyclopia to hypotelorism, as well as chorioretinal coloboma and microphthalmia, have been frequently described in patients with HPE, other subtle eye anomalies may also occur. In our study we prospectively analyzed a small cohort of 10 patients in whom we identified mutations in SHH, SIX3, ZIC2, or FGF8, the latter of which is a very recently described HPE-associated gene. We found that 9 of 10 patients had at least two ophthalmologic anomalies, including refractive errors, microcornea, microphthalmia, blepharoptosis, exotropia, and uveal coloboma. These findings contribute to the understanding of the phenotypic variability of the HPE spectrum, and highlight findings in one medically important but often incompletely investigated system.

Indexed as

AdultChildChild, PreschoolCraniofacial AbnormalitiesEye DiseasesEye ProteinsFemaleGenetic TestingHedgehog ProteinsHoloprosencephalyHomeobox Protein SIX3Homeodomain ProteinsHumansMaleMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsEye ProteinsHedgehog ProteinsHomeobox Protein SIX3Homeodomain ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsSHH protein, human

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PMID21976454
PMCPMC3200498
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