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Exome sequencing reveals SPG11 mutations causing juvenile ALS.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Apr 2012
Daoud Hussein, Zhou Sirui, Noreau Anne, Sabbagh Mike, Belzil Veronique, Dionne-Laporte Alexandre, Tranchant Christine, Dion Patrick, Rouleau Guy A
Abstract excerpt
We report here the description of a nonconsanguineous family with 2 affected individuals with a recessively inherited juvenile motor neuron disease. Exome sequencing of these 2 affected individuals led us to identify 2 compound heterozygous deletions leading to a frameshift and a premature stop codon in the SPG11 gene. One of these deletions, c.5199delA in exon 30, has not been previously reported. Interestingly,...
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