craniofrontonasal syndrome
craniofrontonasal syndrome
A rare X-linked syndrome (OMIM:304110) characterised by hypertelorism, coronal synostosis with brachycephaly, downslanting palpebral fissures, clefting of the nasal tip, joint anomalies, longitudinally grooved fingernails and other digital anomalies.Molecular pathology
Defects of EFNB1, which encodes a cell surface GPI-bound ligand for ephrin receptors, cause craniofrontonasal syndrome.