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We report a family with complex septal cardiac defects, rhizomelic limb shortening, and polydactyly, without the typical lip, dental, and nail abnormalities of EvC. The phenotype was inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, with one instance of pseudodominant inheritance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Because of the phenotypic overlap with EvC, microsatellite markers were used to test for linkage to the<jats:italic>EVC\/EVC2<\/jats:italic>locus. The results did not exclude linkage, so samples were sequenced for mutations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified a c.1868T&gt;C mutation in<jats:italic>EVC<\/jats:italic>, which predicts p.L623P, and was homozygous in affected individuals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conclude that this<jats:italic>EVC<\/jats:italic>mutation is hypomorphic and that such mutations can cause a phenotype of cardiac and limb defects that is less severe than typical EvC.<jats:italic>EVC<\/jats:italic>mutation analysis should be considered in patients with cardiac and limb malformations, even if they do not manifest typical EvC syndrome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2350-9-92","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,10,23]],"date-time":"2008-10-23T18:14:24Z","timestamp":1224785664000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Extending the spectrum of Ellis van Creveld syndrome: a large family with a mild mutation in the EVCgene"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Hakan","family":"Ulucan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Davut","family":"G\u00fcl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julie C","family":"Sapp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Cockerham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jennifer J","family":"Johnston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leslie G","family":"Biesecker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,10,23]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"386_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"283","DOI":"10.1038\/73508","volume":"24","author":"VL Ruiz-Perez","year":"2000","unstructured":"Ruiz-Perez VL, Ide SE, Strom TM, Lorenz B, Wilson D, Woods K, King L, Francomano C, Freisinger P, Spranger S, Marino B, Dallapiccola B, Wright M, Meitinger T, Polymeropoulos MH, Goodship J: Mutations in a new gene in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and Weyers acrodental dysostosis. 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