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WNT10A and isolated hypodontia
Author(s) -
Kantaputra Piranit,
Sripathomsawat Warissara
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.33840
Subject(s) - hypodontia , medicine , orthodontics
WNT10A has been associated with various syndromes with ectodermal dysplasia from severe autosomal recessive SchÖpf–Schulz–Passarge syndrome to odonto‐onycho‐dermal dysplasia and autosomal dominant hypodontia. We report WNT10A mutations in an American family of which four members are affected with isolated hypodontia or microdontia. Here we demonstrate that in addition to MSX1, PAX9, AXIN2 , and EDA , mutations in WNT10A can cause isolated hypodontia. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.