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Complex mosaic CDKL5 deletion with two distinct mutant alleles in a 4-year-old girl.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2014
Boutry-Kryza Nadia, Ville Dorothée, Labalme Audrey, Calender Alain, Dupont Jean-Michel, Touraine Renaud, Edery Patrick, des Portes Vincent, Sanlaville Damien, Lesca Gaetan
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the CDKL5 gene cause early epileptic encephalopathy. Patients manifest refractory epilepsy, beginning before the age of 3 months, which is associated with severe psychomotor delay and features that overlap with Rett syndrome. We report here a patient with mosaicism for CDKL5 exonic deletion, with the presence of two mutant alleles. The affected 4-year-old girl presented with infantile spasms,...
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