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Protein-truncating mutations in ASPM cause variable reduction in brain size.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2003
Bond Jacquelyn, Scott Sheila, Hampshire Daniel J, Springell Kelly, Corry Peter, Abramowicz Marc J, Mochida Ganesh H, Hennekam Raoul C M, Maher Eamonn R, Fryns Jean-Pierre, Alswaid Abdulrahman, Jafri Hussain, Rashid Yasmin, Mubaidin Ammar, Walsh Christopher A, Roberts Emma, Woods C Geoffrey
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the ASPM gene at the MCPH5 locus are expected to be the most common cause of human autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH), a condition in which there is a failure of normal fetal brain development, resulting in congenital microcephaly and mental retardation. We have performe...
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