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Recessive Inactivating Mutations in TBCK, Encoding a Rab GTPase-Activating Protein, Cause Severe Infantile Syndromic Encephalopathy.
American journal of human genetics - 7 Apr 2016
Chong Jessica X, Caputo Viviana, Phelps Ian G, Stella Lorenzo, Worgan Lisa, Dempsey Jennifer C, Nguyen Alina, Leuzzi Vincenzo, Webster Richard, Pizzuti Antonio, Marvin Colby T, Ishak Gisele E, Ardern-Holmes Simone, Richmond Zara, Bamshad Michael J, Ortiz-Gonzalez Xilma R, Tartaglia Marco, Chopra Maya, Doherty Dan
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Infantile encephalopathies are a group of clinically and biologically heterogeneous disorders for which the genetic basis remains largely unknown. Here, we report a syndromic neonatal encephalopathy characterized by profound developmental disability, severe hypotonia, seizures, diminished respiratory drive requiring mechanical ventilation, brain atrophy, dysgenesis of the corpus callosum, cerebellar vermis...
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