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Identification of a novel recessive RELN mutation using a homozygous balanced reciprocal translocation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2007
Zaki Maha, Shehab Marwa, El-Aleem Alice Abd, Abdel-Salam Ghada, Koeller Hajira B, Ilkin Yesim, Ross M Elizabeth, Dobyns William B, Gleeson Joseph G
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Two siblings from a consanguineous Egyptian marriage showed an identical phenotype of cortical lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia, severe epilepsy, and mental retardation. Examination of karyotype revealed 46, t(7;12)(q22;p13)mat (7;12)(q22;p13)pat in both affected children, suggesting a homozygous reciprocal balanced translocation. Each healthy parent was a carrier of the balanced translocation in the...
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