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Mutation analysis of the ASPM gene in 18 Pakistani families with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Jun 2010
Kousar Rizwana, Nawaz Hira, Khurshid Maryam, Ali Ghazanfer, Khan Saad Ullah, Mir Hina, Ayub Muhammad, Wali Abdul, Ali Nadir, Jelani Musharraf, Basit Sulman, Ahmad Wasim, Ansar Muhammad
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a rare neurological disorder, in which the patients exhibit reduced occipital frontal head circumference (>3 standard deviations) and mild-to-severe mental retardation. Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly is genetically heterogeneous and 7 loci have been reported to date. Mutations in ASPM (abnormal spindle-like, microcephaly associated) gene are the most...
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