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Freeman Sheldon syndrome

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Freeman Sheldon syndrome may be inherited as an autosomal dominant or as an autosomal recessive trait. Abnormalities in one of the muscle protein genes [embryonic myosin MYH3] has been found in some of the dominant families.

Prenatal diagnosis
None available.

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Medical text written February 2002 by Contact a Family. Approved February 2002 by Professor M Patton. Last updated September 2007 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

 

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