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Recessive DEAF1 mutation associates with autism, intellectual disability, basal ganglia dysfunction and epilepsy.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2015
Rajab Anna, Schuelke Markus, Gill Esther, Zwirner Angelika, Seifert Franziska, Morales Gonzalez Susanne, Knierim Ellen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Various genetic defects cause autism associated with intellectual disability and epilepsy. Here, we set out to identify the genetic defect in a consanguineous Omani family with three affected children in whom mutations in known candidate genes had been excluded beforehand. METHODS: For mutation screening, we combined autozygosity mapping and whole exome sequencing. Segregation of potential disease...
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