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Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome/FG syndrome

What are the causes?

Opitz-Kaveggia/ FG syndrome is sometimes due to a mutation in a gene called MED12 that is located on the X chromosome. Female carriers are generally unaffected but a few carriers may have some symptoms or signs. Because MED12 gene mutations have been identified recently, DNA-based postnatal and prenatal diagnosis may be possible in the future in some but not all families.

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Medical text written August 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved August 2005 by Dr J Tolmie, Last updated August 2007 by Contact a Family and by Dr J Tolmie, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Ferguson-Smith Centre for Clinical Genetics, Glasgow, UK.

 

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