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Disruption of diacylglycerol kinase delta (DGKD) associated with seizures in humans and mice.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Leach Natalia T, Sun Yi, Michaud Sebastien, Zheng Yi, Ligon Keith L, Ligon Azra H, Sander Thomas, Korf Bruce R, Lu Weining, Harris David J, Gusella James F, Maas Richard L, Quade Bradley J, Cole Andrew J, Kelz Max B, Morton Cynthia C
Abstract excerpt
We report a female patient with a de novo balanced translocation, 46,X,t(X;2)(p11.2;q37)dn, who exhibits seizures, capillary abnormality, developmental delay, infantile hypotonia, and obesity. The 2q37 breakpoint observed in association with the seizure phenotype is of particular interest, because it lies near loci implicated in epilepsy in humans and mice. Fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping of the...
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