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In Vitro studies of non poly alanine PHOX2B mutations argue against a loss-of-function mechanism for congenital central hypoventilation.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2009
Trochet Delphine, Mathieu Yves, Pontual Loïc de, Savarirayan Ravi, Munnich Arnold, Brunet Jean-François, Lyonnet Stanislas, Goridis Christo, Amiel Jeanne
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A wide range of autonomic dysfunctions, i.e. Central Hypoventilation Syndromes, Hirschsprung disease and Tumours of the Sympathetic Nervous System have been ascribed to heterozygous PHOX2B mutations in man. The PHOX2B mutations reported include polyalanine expansions in a 20 alanines tract, missense, frameshift mutations and nonsense mutation. Some genotype/phenotype correlations have been drawn, but the...
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