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Heterogeneity of late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Zhong N, Moroziewicz D N, Ju W, Jurkiewicz A, Johnston L, Wisniewski K E, Brown W T
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PURPOSE: Late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), an autosomal recessively inherited lysosomal storage disorder characterized by autofluorescent inclusions and rapid progression of neurodegeneration, is due to CLN2 gene mutations. However, CLN2 mutation analysis has failed to identify some clinically diagnosed "late-infantile" NCL cases. This study was conducted to further characterize genetic...
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