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Compound heterozygous deletion of NRXN1 causing severe developmental delay with early onset epilepsy in two sisters.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2011
Harrison Victoria, Connell Lyndsey, Hayesmoore Jesse, McParland Joanna, Pike Michael G, Blair Edward
Abstract excerpt
Neurexin 1 (NRXN1) is a cell adhesion protein, the normal function of which is critical for effective neurotransmission. It forms a trans-synaptic complex in the central nervous system with neuroligin. There has been one case in the literature of a patient with a heterozygous deletion in NRXN1 on one allele and a nonsense mutation on the other allele, reported to have a Pitt Hopkins-like phenotype. We report on...
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