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Novel de novo PCDH19 mutations in three unrelated females with epilepsy female restricted mental retardation syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2010
Jamal Seema M, Basran Raveen K, Newton Stephanie, Wang Zhenyuan, Milunsky Jeff M
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy and Mental Retardation Limited to Females (EFMR) [OMIM 300088] was first described in 1971 [Juberg and Hellman, 1971] in 15 related females with early onset grand mal seizures and mental retardation. Although EFMR demonstrates X-linked inheritance, it follows an unusual pattern by sparing transmitting males and affecting only heterozygous females. In 2008, mutations within the protocadherin 19 (PCDH19)...
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