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AMMECR1: a single point mutation causes developmental delay, midface hypoplasia and elliptocytosis.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2017
Andreoletti Gaia, Seaby Eleanor G, Dewing Jennifer M, O'Kelly Ita, Lachlan Katherine, Gilbert Rodney D, Ennis Sarah
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Deletions in the Xq22.3-Xq23 region, inclusive of COL4A5, have been associated with a contiguous gene deletion syndrome characterised by Alport syndrome with intellectual disability (Mental retardation), Midface hypoplasia and Elliptocytosis (AMME). The extrarenal biological and clinical significance of neighbouring genes to the Alport locus has been largely speculative. We sought to discover a...
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