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Exome sequencing is an efficient tool for variant late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis molecular diagnosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Patiño Liliana Catherine, Battu Rajani, Ortega-Recalde Oscar, Nallathambi Jeyabalan, Anandula Venkata Ramana, Renukaradhya Umashankar, Laissue Paul
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The neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCL) is a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by epilepsy, visual failure, progressive mental and motor deterioration, myoclonus, dementia and reduced life expectancy. Classically, NCL-affected individuals have been classified into six categories, which have been mainly defined regarding the clinical onset of symptoms. However, some patients cannot be easily...
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