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SLC20A2 and THAP1 deletion in familial basal ganglia calcification with dystonia.
Neurogenetics - 1 Mar 2014
Baker Matt, Strongosky Audrey J, Sanchez-Contreras Monica Y, Yang Shan, Ferguson Will, Calne Donald B, Calne Susan, Stoessl A Jon, Allanson Judith E, Broderick Daniel F, Hutton Michael L, Dickson Dennis W, Ross Owen A, Wszolek Zbigniew K, Rademakers Rosa
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC) is characterized by bilateral calcification of the basal ganglia associated with a spectrum of neuropsychiatric and motor syndromes. In this study, we set out to determine the frequency of the recently identified IBGC gene SLC20A2 in 27 IBGC cases from the Mayo Clinic Florida Brain Bank using both Sanger sequencing and TaqMan copy number analysis to cover the complete...
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