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Ethnicity can predict GLRA1 genotypes in hyperekplexia.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Mar 2015
Thomas R H, Drew C J G, Wood S E, Hammond C L, Chung S K, Rees M I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Hyperekplexia is predominantly caused by mutations in the α-1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor (GLRA1). Three quarters of cases show autosomal-recessive inheritance. METHODS: We carefully ascertained reports of ethnicity from our hyperekplexia research cohort. These were compared with all published cases of hyperekplexia with an identified genetic cause. Ethnicities were subgrouped as...
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