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In order to verify whether the mutations S252W and P253R could also cause a milder phenotype, without involvement of the limbs, we have screened 22 patients with clinical characteristics compatible with Crouzon or Pfeiffer syndrome for these two particular changes. Surprisingly, we identified a Pfeiffer-like patient with the mutation S252W, and therefore we have shown for the first time the occurrence of one of the canonical Apert mutations without severe abnormalities of the upper and lower extremities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/jmg.35.8.677","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,11,10]],"date-time":"2008-11-10T15:37:21Z","timestamp":1226331441000},"page":"677-679","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Presence of the Apert canonical S252W FGFR2 mutation in a patient without severe syndactyly."],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"M R","family":"Passos-Bueno","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Richieri-Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A L","family":"Serti\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Kneppers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1998,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","article-title":"Craniosynostosis: diagnosis, evaluation and management","author":"MM, Jr, Cohen","year":"1986","unstructured":"Cohen MM Jr. Craniosynostosis: diagnosis, evaluation and management. 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