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Brain-lung-thyroid disease: clinical features of a kindred with a novel thyroid transcription factor 1 mutation.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Jan 2012
Ferrara Joseph M, Adam Octavian R, Kirwin Susan M, Houghton David J, Shepherd Casey, Vinette Kathy M B, Litvan Irene
Abstract excerpt
Brain-lung-thyroid disease is a rare familial disorder caused by mutations in thyroid transcription factor 1, a gene that regulates neuronal migration. We report the clinical features of ten patients from a single family with a novel gene mutation, including observations regarding treatment. Neurologic features of the kindred included developmental delay, learning difficulties, psychosis, chorea, and dystonia....
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