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Mutations in the DBP-deficiency protein HSD17B4 cause ovarian dysgenesis, hearing loss, and ataxia of Perrault Syndrome.
American journal of human genetics - 13 Aug 2010
Pierce Sarah B, Walsh Tom, Chisholm Karen M, Lee Ming K, Thornton Anne M, Fiumara Agata, Opitz John M, Levy-Lahad Ephrat, Klevit Rachel E, King Mary-Claire
Abstract excerpt
Perrault syndrome is a recessive disorder characterized by ovarian dysgenesis in females, sensorineural deafness in both males and females, and in some patients, neurological manifestations. No genes for Perrault syndrome have heretofore been identified. A small family of mixed European ancestry includes two sisters with well-characterized Perrault syndrome. Whole-exome sequencing of genomic DNA from one of these...
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