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RFT1-CDG: deafness as a novel feature of congenital disorders of glycosylation.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2009
Jaeken J, Vleugels W, Régal L, Corchia C, Goemans N, Haeuptle M A, Foulquier F, Hennet T, Matthijs G, Dionisi-Vici C
Abstract excerpt
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are genetic diseases due to defects in the synthesis of glycans and in the attachment of glycans to lipids and proteins. Actually, some 42 CDG are known including defects in protein N-glycosylation, in protein O-glycosylation, in lipid glycosylation, and in multiple and other glycosylation pathways. Most CDG are multisystem diseases and a large number of signs and...
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