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An atypical case of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis with co-inheritance of a variably penetrant POLG1 mutation.
BMC medical genetics - 24 Jun 2012
Staropoli John F, Xin Winnie, Barone Rosemary, Cotman Susan L, Sims Katherine B
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BACKGROUND: The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs, or Batten disease) comprise the most common Mendelian form of childhood-onset neurodegeneration, but the functions of the known underlying gene products remain poorly understood. The clinical heterogeneity of these disorders may shed light on genetic interactors that modify disease onset and progression. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a proband with congenital...
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