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Expanding the spectrum of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts in two patients with GLIALCAM mutations.
Neurogenetics - 1 Mar 2014
Arnedo Tanit, Aiello Chiara, Jeworutzki Elena, Dentici Maria Lisa, Uziel Graziella, Simonati Alessandro, Pusch Michael, Bertini Enrico, Estévez Raúl
Abstract excerpt
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative leukodystrophy caused by recessive mutations in MLC1 or GLIALCAM (types MLC1 and MLC2A) of by dominant mutations in GLIALCAM (MLC2B). GlialCAM functions as an auxiliary subunit of both MLC1 and ClC-2 chloride channel, increasing and modifying the function of the latter. Dominant mutations in GLIALCAM cause...
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