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A mutation affecting the sodium/proton exchanger, SLC9A6, causes mental retardation with tau deposition.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 May 2010
Garbern James Y, Neumann Manuela, Trojanowski John Q, Lee Virginia M-Y, Feldman Gerald, Norris Joy W, Friez Michael J, Schwartz Charles E, Stevenson Roger, Sima Anders A F
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We have studied a family with severe mental retardation characterized by the virtual absence of speech, autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, late-onset ataxia, weakness and dystonia. Post-mortem examination of two males revealed widespread neuronal loss, with the most striking finding being neuron...
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