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High prevalence of SLC6A8 deficiency in X-linked mental retardation.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2004
Rosenberg Efraim H, Almeida Ligia S, Kleefstra Tjitske, deGrauw Rose S, Yntema Helger G, Bahi Nadia, Moraine Claude, Ropers Hans-Hilger, Fryns Jean-Pierre, deGrauw Ton J, Jakobs Cornelis, Salomons Gajja S
Abstract excerpt
A novel X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) syndrome was recently identified, resulting from creatine deficiency in the brain caused by mutations in the creatine transporter gene, SLC6A8. We have studied the prevalence of SLC6A8 mutations in a panel of 290 patients with nonsyndromic XLMR archived by the European XLMR Consortium. The full-length open reading frame and splice sites of the SLC6A8 gene were...
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