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Molecular consequences of PHOX2B missense, frameshift and alanine expansion mutations leading to autonomic dysfunction.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Trochet Delphine, Hong Seok Jong, Lim Jin Kyu, Brunet Jean-François, Munnich Arnold, Kim Kwang-Soo, Lyonnet Stanislas, Goridis Christo, Amiel Jeanne
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous mutations of the PHOX2B gene account for a broad variety of disorders of the autonomic nervous system, either isolated or combined, including congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), tumours of the sympathetic nervous system and Hirschsprung disease. In CCHS, the prevalent mutation is an expansion of a 20-alanine stretch ranging from +5 to +13 alanines, whereas frameshift and missense...
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