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Exome sequencing reveals a homozygous mutation in TWINKLE as the cause of multisystemic failure including renal tubulopathy in three siblings.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Mar 2013
Prasad Chitra, Melançon Serge B, Rupar C Anthony, Prasad Asuri N, Nunez Laura Dempsey, Rosenblatt David S, Majewski Jacek
Abstract excerpt
Three deceased infants from a Pakistani consanguineous family presented with a similar phenotype of cholestatic liver disease, hypotonia, severe failure to thrive, recurrent vomiting, renal tubulopathy, and a progressive neurodegenerative course. Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome was considered in view of multisystem involvement. Exome sequencing, revealed a homozygous novel mutation c.1183T>C (p.F395L) in...
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