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Genetic variation in MKL2 and decreased downstream PCTAIRE1 expression in extreme, fatal primary human microcephaly.
Clinical genetics - 1 May 2014
Ramos E I, Bien-Willner G A, Li J, Hughes A E O, Giacalone J, Chasnoff S, Kulkarni S, Parmacek M, Cole F S, Druley T E
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The genetic mechanisms driving normal brain development remain largely unknown. We performed genomic and immunohistochemical characterization of a novel, fatal human phenotype including extreme microcephaly with cerebral growth arrest at 14-18 weeks gestation in three full sisters born to healthy, non-consanguineous parents. Analysis of index cases and parents included familial exome sequencing, karyotyping, and...
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