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NECAP1 loss of function leads to a severe infantile epileptic encephalopathy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2014
Alazami Anas M, Hijazi Hadia, Kentab Amal Y, Alkuraya Fowzan S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epileptic encephalopathy is a broad clinical category that is highly heterogeneous genetically. OBJECTIVE: To describe a multiplex extended consanguineous family that defines a molecularly novel subtype of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy. METHODS: Autozygosity mapping and exome sequencing for the identification of the causal mutation. This was followed by expression analysis of the candidate...
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