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Novel ABHD12 mutations in PHARC patients: the differential diagnosis of deaf-blindness.
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology - 1 May 2015
Yoshimura Hidekane, Hashimoto Takao, Murata Toshinori, Fukushima Kunihiro, Sugaya Akiko, Nishio Shin-Ya, Usami Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study examines ABHD12 mutation analysis in 2 PHARC patients, originally thought to be Usher syndrome. METHODS: The ABHD12 gene of 2 patients, who suffered from deaf-blindness and dysfunctional central and peripheral nervous systems, were sequenced. RESULTS: We identified that both cases carried the same novel splice site mutation in the ABHD12 gene. However, 1 had epilepsy and the other had...
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