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CLN6 p.I154del mutation causing late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in a large consanguineous Moroccan family.
Indian journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2013
Bouhouche Ahmed, Regragui Wafae, El Fahime Elmostafa, Bouslam Naima, Tazi-Ahnini Rachid, Melloul Marouane, Benomar Ali, Yahyaoui Mohamed
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The neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (NCL) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the lysosomal accumulation of ceroid and lipofuscin with mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit C in various tissues. Clinical features include progressive mental and motor deterioration, myoclonus, seizure, visual failure and premature death. Ten CLN genes have been identified, among them CLN6 genes for...
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