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Turkish variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (CLN7) may be allelic to CLN8.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Jan 2001
Mitchell W A, Wheeler R B, Sharp J D, Bate S L, Gardiner R M, Ranta U S, Lonka L, Williams R E, Lehesjoki A E, Mole S E
Abstract excerpt
One variant form of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL) is found predominantly within the Turkish population (CLN7). Exclusion mapping showed that CLN7 was not an allelic variant of known NCL loci (CLN1, CLN2, CLN3, CLN5 or CLN6). Using the method of homozygosity mapping, a genome-wide search was undertaken and a total of 358 microsatellite markers were typed at an average distance of about 10...
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