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X-linked MCT8 gene mutations: characterization of the pediatric neurologic phenotype.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Oct 2005
Holden Kenton R, Zuñiga Oscar F, May Melanie M, Su Humberto, Molinero Marco R, Rogers R Curtis, Schwartz Charles E
Abstract excerpt
We report a family with X-linked mental retardation that has a novel mutation in the monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) gene associated with a characteristic neurodevelopmental phenotype with early childhood hypotonia that progresses to spasticity and global developmental delays. Affected patients experience moderate to severe psychomotor delays and congenital hypotonia, develop a myopathic facies, have...
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