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Summary

Uruguay faciocardiomusculoskeletal syndrome (FCMSU) is an X-linked disorder in which affected males have a distinctive facial appearance, muscular hypertrophy, and cardiac ventricular hypertrophy leading to premature death. Additional features include large, broad, and deformed hands and feet, congenital hip dislocation, and scoliosis (summary by Xue et al., 2016). [from OMIM]

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  • Also known as: FCMSU, FHL-1, FHL1A, FHL1B, FLH1A, KYOT, RBMX1A, RBMX1B, SLIM, SLIM-1, SLIM1, SLIMMER, XMPMA, FHL1
    Summary: four and a half LIM domains 1

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