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A novel intellectual disability syndrome caused by GPI anchor deficiency due to homozygous mutations in PIGT.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2013
Kvarnung Malin, Nilsson Daniel, Lindstrand Anna, Korenke G Christoph, Chiang Samuel C C, Blennow Elisabeth, Bergmann Markus, Stödberg Tommy, Mäkitie Outi, Anderlid Britt-Marie, Bryceson Yenan T, Nordenskjöld Magnus, Nordgren Ann
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To delineate the molecular basis for a novel autosomal recessive syndrome, characterised by distinct facial features, intellectual disability, hypotonia and seizures, in combination with abnormal skeletal, endocrine, and ophthalmologic findings. METHODS: We examined four patients from a consanguineous kindred with a strikingly similar phenotype, by using whole exome sequencing (WES). Functional...
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