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CHARGE syndrome

What are the causes?

About half of the individuals diagnosed with CHARGE syndrome have been found to have mutations of the CHD7 gene on Chromosome 8. As others with the syndrome have not shown this mutation, it is thought that other genes may be involved.

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Medical text written December 2000 by Dr J Kirk. Last updated August 2005 by Dr J Kirk, Consultant Endocrinologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

 

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