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A frameshift mutation of ERLIN2 in recessive intellectual disability, motor dysfunction and multiple joint contractures.
Human molecular genetics - 15 May 2011
Yıldırım Yeşerin, Orhan Elif Kocasoy, Iseri Sibel Aylin Ugur, Serdaroglu-Oflazer Piraye, Kara Bülent, Solakoğlu Seyhun, Tolun Aslıhan
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We present a family afflicted with a novel autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive intellectual disability, motor dysfunction and multiple joint contractures. No pathology was found by cranial imaging, electromyography and muscle biopsy, but electron microscopy in leukocytes revealed large vacuoles containing flocculent material. We mapped the disease gene by SNP genome scan and linkage analysis...
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