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Isolated Congenital Anosmia and CNGA2 Mutation.
Scientific reports - 1 Jun 2017
Sailani M Reza, Jingga Inlora, MirMazlomi Seyed Hashem, Bitarafan Fatemeh, Bernstein Jonathan A, Snyder Michael P, Garshasbi Masoud
Abstract excerpt
Isolated congenital anosmia (ICA) is a rare condition that is associated with life-long inability to smell. Here we report a genetic characterization of a large Iranian family segregating ICA. Whole exome sequencing in five affected family members and five healthy members revealed a stop gain mutation in CNGA2 (OMIM 300338) (chrX:150,911,102; CNGA2. c.577C > T; p.Arg193*). The mutation segregates in an X-linked...
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