Article
Unexpectedly mild phenotype in an ataxic family with a two-base deletion in the APTX gene.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jul 2017
Hirano Makito, Matsumura Ryusuke, Nakamura Yusaku, Saigoh Kazumasa, Sakamoto Hikaru, Ueno Shuichi, Inoue Hiroya, Kusunoki Susumu
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Early onset ataxia with ocular motor apraxia and hypoalbuminemia (EAOH)/ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 1 (AOA1) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the APTX gene. In contrast to the recent progress on the molecular mechanism of aprataxin in DNA repair, the genotype and phenotype correlation has not been fully established. A previous study demonstrated that patients with...
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