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Inheritance of polyalanine expansion mutation of PHOX2B in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Journal of human genetics - 1 May 2012
Meguro Toru, Yoshida Yuki, Hayashi Makiko, Toyota Kentaro, Otagiri Tesshu, Mochizuki Narutaka, Kishikawa Yumiko, Sasaki Ayako, Hayasaka Kiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS; MIM 209880) is caused mostly by dominant alanine expansion (most prevalent is 7-alanine expansion) mutations in PHOX2B. More than 90% of the alanine expansion mutations had been considered to be de novo due to unequal crossover during gametogenesis. However, a recent report stated that 25% of patients inherited the alanine-expanded allele from their parents with...
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