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Identification of two mutations for ataxia telangiectasia among the Druze community.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 May 2004
Fares Fuad, Axelord Ran Sivan, David Miriam, Zelnik Nathanel, Hecht Yehudah, Khairaldeen Hasan, Lerner Aaron
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Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, immunodeficiency, susceptibility to lymphoreticular malignancies and cancer predisposition, hypersensitivity to ionic radiation and chromosomal instability. In this study, we report a founder effect of AT with two different mutations: 1339 C > T and 6672 del GG together with 6677 del TACG, found in...
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