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Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals a BSCL2 Mutation Causing Progressive Encephalopathy with Lipodystrophy (PELD) in an Iranian Pediatric Patient.
Iranian biomedical journal - 1 Nov 2016
Alaei Mohammad Reza, Talebi Saeed, Ghofrani Mohammad, Taghizadeh Mohsen, Keramatipour Mohammad
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BACKGROUND: Progressive encephalopathy with or without lipodystrophy is a rare autosomal recessive childhood-onset seipin-associated neurodegenerative syndrome, leading to developmental regression of motor and cognitive skills. In this study, we introduce a patient with developmental regression and autism. The causative mutation was found by exome sequencing. METHODS: The proband showed a generalized hypertonia...
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