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PYCR2 Mutations cause a lethal syndrome of microcephaly and failure to thrive.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jul 2016
Zaki Maha S, Bhat Gifty, Sultan Tipu, Issa Mahmoud, Jung Hea-Jin, Dikoglu Esra, Selim Laila, G Mahmoud Imam, Abdel-Hamid Mohamed S, Abdel-Salam Ghada, Marin-Valencia Isaac, Gleeson Joseph G
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OBJECTIVE: A study was undertaken to characterize the clinical features of the newly described hypomyelinating leukodystrophy type 10 with microcephaly. This is an autosomal recessive disorder mapped to chromosome 1q42.12 due to mutations in the PYCR2 gene, encoding an enzyme involved in proline synthesis in mitochondria. METHODS: From several international clinics, 11 consanguineous families were identified with...
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