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Mutations in CRLF1 cause familial achalasia.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2017
Busch A, Žarković M, Lowe C, Jankofsky M, Ganschow R, Buers I, Kurth I, Reutter H, Rutsch F, Hübner C A
Abstract excerpt
We here report a family from Libya with three siblings suffering from early onset achalasia born to healthy parents. We analyzed roughly 5000 disease-associated genes by a next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach. In the analyzed sibling we identified two heterozygous variants in CRLF1 (cytokine receptor-like factor 1). Mutations in CRLF1 have been associated with autosomal recessive Crisponi or cold-induced...
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