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The location and type of mutation predict malformation severity in isolated lissencephaly caused by abnormalities within the LIS1 gene.
Human molecular genetics - 12 Dec 2000
Cardoso C, Leventer R J, Matsumoto N, Kuc J A, Ramocki M B, Mewborn S K, Dudlicek L L, May L F, Mills P L, Das S, Pilz D T, Dobyns W B, Ledbetter D H
Abstract excerpt
Lissencephaly is a cortical malformation secondary to impaired neuronal migration resulting in mental retardation, epilepsy and motor impairment. It shows a severity spectrum from agyria with a severely thickened cortex to posterior band heterotopia only. The LIS1 gene on 17p13.3 encodes a 45 kDa...
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