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WES in a family trio suggests involvement of TECPR2 in a complex form of progressive motor neuron disease.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2016
Covone A E, Fiorillo C, Acquaviva M, Trucco F, Morana G, Ravazzolo R, Minetti C
Abstract excerpt
We have performed whole-exome sequencing in a family trio with a 16-year-old girl suffering of progressive motor neuron disease. There was no family history of the disease and no parental consanguinity. Our exome analysis indicated the proband as a compound heterozygote for two missense variants in the TECPR2 gene according to a recessive mode of inheritance. The TECPR2 gene has been reported as a positive...
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