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Prenatal molecular diagnosis of a severe type of L1 syndrome (X-linked hydrocephalus).
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics - 1 Oct 2011
Yamasaki Mami, Nonaka Masahiro, Suzumori Nobuhiro, Nakamura Hiroaki, Fujita Hiroshi, Namba Akira, Kamei Yoshimasa, Yamada Takahiro, Pooh Ritsuko K, Tanemura Mitsuyo, Sudo Norihito, Nagasaka Masato, Yoshioka Ema, Shofuda Tomoko, Kanemura Yonehiro
Abstract excerpt
OBJECT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of prenatal L1CAM gene testing for X-linked hydrocephalus (XLH). METHODS: In a nationwide study conducted in Japan between 1999 and 2009, the authors identified 51 different L1CAM gene mutations in 56 families with XLH. Of these 56 families, 9 obligate carriers requested prenatal gene mutation analysis for the fetal L1CAM gene in 14 pregnancies....
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