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Microphthalmia with brain and digit anomalies
Disease definition
Microphthalmia with brain and digit anomalies is characterised by anophthalmia or microphthalmia, retinal dystrophy, and/or myopia, associated in some cases with cerebral anomalies. It has been described in two families. Polydactyly may also be present. Linkage analysis allowed identification of mutations in the BMP4 gene, which has already been shown to play a role in eye development.
ORPHA:139471
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2008) Español (2008) Français (2008) Italiano (2008) Nederlands (2008) Português (2008)
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- Clinical practice guidelines
- Français (2022)
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2015) - GeneReviews


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