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Apert syndrome

Apert syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations of the FGFR2 gene.

Symptoms

Syndactyly
In Apert syndrome syndactyly is accompanied by a characteristic shape of the skull (acrocephaly/stenocephaly).

Systematic

Bone dysplasia
Achondroplasia
Achondroplasia-SCID syndrome
Acrocapitofemoral dysplasia
Antley-Bixler syndrome 1
Antley-Bixler syndrome 2
Apert syndrome
FGFR2
Cherubism
Chondrodysplasia of Blomstrand type
Chondrodysplasia, Grebe type
Crouzon syndrome
Eiken syndrome
Failure of tooth eruption
McCune-Albright syndrom
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia of Murk Jansen type
Muenke syndrome
Osteofibrous dysplasia
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis
Schimke Immunoosseous dysplasia
Thanatophoric dysplasia 1
Thanatophoric dysplasia 2

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Cohen MM et al. (1993) Visceral anomalies in the Apert syndrome.

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Erickson JD et al. (1974) A study of parental age effects on the occurrence of fresh mutations for the Apert syndrome.

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Hoover GH et al. (1970) The hand and Apert's syndrome.

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Dodson WE et al. (1970) Acrocephalosyndactylia associated with a chromosomal translocation. 46,XX, t (2p-; Cq+).

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Schauerte EW et al. (1966) Progressive synosteosis in Apert's syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly), with a description of roentgenographic changes in the feet.

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Leonard CO et al. (1982) Prenatal fetoscopic diagnosis of the Apert syndrome.

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Cohen MM et al. (1995) Cutaneous manifestations of Apert syndrome.

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Cohen MM et al. (1995) Hands and feet in the Apert syndrome.

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Park WJ et al. (1995) Analysis of phenotypic features and FGFR2 mutations in Apert syndrome.

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Cinalli G et al. (1995) Chronic tonsillar herniation in Crouzon's and Apert's syndromes: the role of premature synostosis of the lambdoid suture.

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Pelz L et al. (1994) Esophageal stenosis in acrocephalosyndactyly type I.

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Czeizel AE et al. (1993) Birth prevalence study of the Apert syndrome.

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Wilkie AO et al. (1995) Apert syndrome results from localized mutations of FGFR2 and is allelic with Crouzon syndrome.

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Renier D et al. (1996) Prognosis for mental function in Apert's syndrome.

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Tolarova MM et al. (1997) Birth prevalence, mutation rate, sex ratio, parents' age, and ethnicity in Apert syndrome.

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Lomri A et al. (1998) Increased calvaria cell differentiation and bone matrix formation induced by fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 mutations in Apert syndrome.

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Chang CC et al. (1998) Prenatal diagnosis of Apert syndrome.

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von Gernet S et al. (2000) Genotype-phenotype analysis in Apert syndrome suggests opposite effects of the two recurrent mutations on syndactyly and outcome of craniofacial surgery.

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DODGE HW et al. (1959) Craniofacial dysostosis: Crouzon's disease.

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None (1960) Apert's syndrome (a type of acrocephalosyndactyly)-observations on a British series of thirty-nine cases.

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Quintero-Rivera F et al. (2006) Intracranial anomalies detected by imaging studies in 30 patients with Apert syndrome.

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Khong JJ et al. (2006) Ophthalmic findings in apert syndrome prior to craniofacial surgery.

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Hill CA et al. (2013) Postnatal brain and skull growth in an Apert syndrome mouse model.

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None (1986) Germinal mosaicism in Apert syndrome.

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Moloney DM et al. (1996) Exclusive paternal origin of new mutations in Apert syndrome.

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Slaney SF et al. (1996) Differential effects of FGFR2 mutations on syndactyly and cleft palate in Apert syndrome.

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Oldridge M et al. (1997) Genotype-phenotype correlation for nucleotide substitutions in the IgII-IgIII linker of FGFR2.

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Oldridge M et al. (1999) De novo alu-element insertions in FGFR2 identify a distinct pathological basis for Apert syndrome.

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Lajeunie E et al. (1999) Clinical variability in patients with Apert's syndrome.

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Glaser RL et al. (2003) The paternal-age effect in Apert syndrome is due, in part, to the increased frequency of mutations in sperm.

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Mantilla-Capacho JM et al. (2005) Apert syndrome with preaxial polydactyly showing the typical mutation Ser252Trp in the FGFR2 gene.

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Andreou A et al. (2006) Early-onset low-grade papillary carcinoma of the bladder associated with Apert syndrome and a germline FGFR2 mutation (Pro253Arg).

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Miraoui H et al. (2010) Increased EFG- and PDGFalpha-receptor signaling by mutant FGF-receptor 2 contributes to osteoblast dysfunction in Apert craniosynostosis.

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None (1977) Genetic perspectives on craniosynostosis and syndromes with craniosynostosis.

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Cohen MM et al. (1992) Birth prevalence study of the Apert syndrome.

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Kreiborg S et al. (1992) Cervical spine in the Apert syndrome.

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Lefort G et al. (1992) Apert syndrome with partial preaxial polydactyly.

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None (1991) Apert syndrome. Classification and pathologic anatomy of limb anomalies.

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Cohen MM et al. (1990) The central nervous system in the Apert syndrome.

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None (1989) Apert syndrome with polysyndactyly of the feet.

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Sidhu SS et al. (1988) Recessive inheritance of apparent Apert syndrome with polysyndactyly?

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Patton MA et al. (1988) Intellectual development in Apert's syndrome: a long term follow up of 29 patients.

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None (1988) Male transmission of Apert syndrome.

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Maroteaux P et al. (1987) Apparent Apert syndrome with polydactyly: rare pleiotropic manifestation or new syndrome?

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Solomon LM et al. (1970) Pilosebaceous abnormalities in Apert's syndrome.

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Orphanet article

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OMIM.ORG article

Omim 101200 external link
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Wikipedia article

Wikipedia EN (Apert_syndrome) external link
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