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Lethal neonatal rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome--report of another family with a BRAT1 mutation.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 Mar 2015
Straussberg Rachel, Ganelin-Cohen Esther, Goldberg-Stern Hadassah, Tzur Shay, Behar Doron M, Smirin-Yosef Pola, Salmon-Divon Mali, Basel-Vanagaite Lina
Abstract excerpt
We describe two siblings born to consanguineous Arab-Muslim parents who presented in early infancy with myoclonic seizures, hypertonia and contractures, arrested head growth, inability to swallow, and bouts of apnea-bradycardia, culminating in cardiac arrest and death. Whole-genome sequencing yielded a c.1173delG mutation in the BRAT1 gene. Three recent reports identified mutations in the same gene in three...
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