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Assessing the impact of FOXP1 mutations on developmental verbal dyspraxia.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2009
Vernes Sonja C, MacDermot Kay D, Monaco Anthony P, Fisher Simon E
Abstract excerpt
Neurodevelopmental disorders that disturb speech and language are highly heritable. Isolation of the underlying genetic risk factors has been hampered by complexity of the phenotype and potentially large number of contributing genes. One exception is the identification of rare heterozygous mutations of the FOXP2 gene in a monogenic syndrome characterised by impaired sequencing of articulatory gestures, disrupting...
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