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Intragenic deletion in the LARGE gene causes Walker-Warburg syndrome.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2007
van Reeuwijk Jeroen, Grewal Prabhjit K, Salih Mustafa A M, Beltrán-Valero de Bernabé Daniel, McLaughlan Jenny M, Michielse Caroline B, Herrmann Ralf, Hewitt Jane E, Steinbrecher Alice, Seidahmed Mohamed Z, Shaheed Mohamed M, Abomelha Abdullah, Brunner Han G, van Bokhoven Hans, Voit Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Intragenic homozygous deletions in the Large gene are associated with a severe neuromuscular phenotype in the myodystrophy (myd) mouse. These mutations result in a virtual lack of glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan. Compound heterozygous LARGE mutations have been reported in a single human patie...
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