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Two Novel Heterozygous Mutations in ERCC8 Cause Cockayne Syndrome in a Chinese Patient.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Sept 2015
Cui Yun-Pu, Chen Yi-Yu, Wang Xue-Mei, Wang Xin-Li, Nan Xu, Zhao Hongshan
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BACKGROUND: Cockayne syndrome (MIM #133540, Cockayne syndrome B; 216400, Cockayne syndrome A) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disease in which the characteristic symptoms are premature aging, cachectic dwarfism, lack of subcutaneous fat, neurological alterations, light sensitivity, and failure to thrive. The mutated gene responsible for this syndrome has been identified as usually either CSA (CKN1, ERCC8)...
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