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Expansion of the spectrum of ITGB6-related disorders to adolescent alopecia, dentogingival abnormalities and intellectual disability.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2016
Ansar Muhammad, Jan Abid, Santos-Cortez Regie Lyn P, Wang Xin, Suliman Muhammad, Acharya Anushree, Habib Rabia, Abbe Izoduwa, Ali Ghazanfar, Lee Kwanghyuk, Smith Joshua D, Nickerson Deborah A, Shendure Jay, Bamshad Michael J, Ahmad Wasim, Leal Suzanne M
Abstract excerpt
Alopecia with mental retardation (APMR) is a very rare disorder. In this study, we report on a consanguineous Pakistani family (AP91) with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability, adolescent alopecia and dentogingival abnormalities. Using homozygosity mapping, linkage analysis and exome sequencing, we identified a novel rare missense variant c.898G>A (p.(Glu300Lys)) in ITGB6, which co-segregates with the...
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