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Further delineation of pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 6 due to mutations in the gene encoding mitochondrial arginyl-tRNA synthetase, RARS2.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 May 2012
Glamuzina Emma, Brown Ruth, Hogarth Kieran, Saunders Dawn, Russell-Eggitt Isabelle, Pitt Matthew, de Sousa Carlos, Rahman Shamima, Brown Garry, Grunewald Stephanie
Abstract excerpt
Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 6 (PCH6) (MIM #611523) is a recently described disorder caused by mutations in RARS2 (MIM *611524), the gene encoding mitochondrial arginyl-transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetase, a protein essential for translation of all mitochondrially synthesised proteins. This case confirms that progressive cerebellar and cerebral atrophy with microcephaly and complex epilepsy are characteristic...
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