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A girl with infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis caused by novel PPT1 mutation and paternal uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 1.
Brain & development - 1 Aug 2016
Niida Yo, Yokoi Ayano, Kuroda Mondo, Mitani Yusuke, Nakagawa Hiroyasu, Ozaki Mamoru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) is an autosomal recessive disorder starting in infancy as early as 12-month-old, caused by PPT1 (palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1) mutations, and characterized by progressive psychomotor deterioration, brain atrophy, myoclonic jerk and visual impairment. INCL can be diagnosed by brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) prior to rapid deterioration stage. To...
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