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Hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy caused by a mutation in dystonin.
Annals of neurology - 1 Apr 2012
Edvardson Simon, Cinnamon Yuval, Jalas Chaim, Shaag Avraham, Maayan Channa, Axelrod Felicia B, Elpeleg Orly
Abstract excerpt
In 4 infants with a new lethal autonomic sensory neuropathy with clinical features similar to familial dysautonomia as well as contractures, we identified a deleterious mutation in the DST gene, using homozygosity mapping followed by exome sequencing. DST encodes dystonin, a cytoskeleton linker protein, and the mutation results in an unstable transcript. Interestingly, dystonin is significantly more abundant in...
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