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Novel mutations in WWOX, RARS2, and C10orf2 genes in consanguineous Arab families with intellectual disability.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Aug 2016
Alkhateeb Asem M, Aburahma Samah K, Habbab Wesal, Thompson I Richard
Abstract excerpt
Intellectual disability is a heterogeneous disease with many genes and mutations influencing the phenotype. Consanguineous families constitute a rich resource for the identification of rare variants causing autosomal recessive disease, due to the effects of inbreeding. Here, we examine three consanguineous Arab families, recruited in a quest to identify novel genes/mutations. All the families had multiple...
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