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Microcephaly with simplified gyration, epilepsy, and infantile diabetes linked to inappropriate apoptosis of neural progenitors.
American journal of human genetics - 12 Aug 2011
Poulton Cathryn J, Schot Rachel, Kia Sima Kheradmand, Jones Marta, Verheijen Frans W, Venselaar Hanka, de Wit Marie-Claire Y, de Graaff Esther, Bertoli-Avella Aida M, Mancini Grazia M S
Abstract excerpt
We describe a syndrome of primary microcephaly with simplified gyral pattern in combination with severe infantile epileptic encephalopathy and early-onset permanent diabetes in two unrelated consanguineous families with at least three affected children. Linkage analysis revealed a region on chromosome 18 with a significant LOD score of 4.3. In this area, two homozygous nonconserved missense mutations in immediate...
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