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Low amounts of PHOX2B expanded alleles in asymptomatic parents suggest unsuspected recurrence risk in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 May 2011
Bachetti Tiziana, Parodi Sara, Di Duca Marco, Santamaria Giuseppe, Ravazzolo Roberto, Ceccherini Isabella
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous trinucleotide in frame duplications, leading to expansions of variable lengths of a 20-alanine stretch (polyAla), is the most frequent PHOX2B variant associated with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), a rare neurocristopathy characterized by defective response of the autonomic nervous system to hypoxia and hypercapnia. Sequencing analysis has shown that the vast majority of polyAla...
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