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A candidate gene for autoimmune myasthenia gravis.
Neurology - 24 Jul 2012
Landouré Guida, Knight Melanie A, Stanescu Horia, Taye Addis A, Shi Yijun, Diallo Oumarou, Johnson Janel O, Hernandez Dena, Traynor Bryan J, Biesecker Leslie G, Elkahloun Abdel, Rinaldi Carlo, Vincent Angela, Willcox Nick, Kleta Robert, Fischbeck Kenneth H, Burnett Barrington G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify a causative mutation in a previously reported kindred with parental consanguinity and 5 of 10 siblings with adult-onset autoimmune myasthenia gravis. METHODS: We performed genome-wide homozygosity mapping, and sequenced all known genes in the one region of extende...
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