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The phenotypic spectrum of ARHGEF9 includes intellectual disability, focal epilepsy and febrile seizures.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2017
Klein Karl Martin, Pendziwiat Manuela, Eilam Anda, Gilad Ronit, Blatt Ilan, Rosenow Felix, Kanaan Moien, Helbig Ingo, Afawi Zaid
Abstract excerpt
Mutations or structural genomic alterations of the X-chromosomal gene ARHGEF9 have been described in male and female patients with intellectual disability. Hyperekplexia and epilepsy were observed to a variable degree, but incompletely described. Here, we expand the phenotypic spectrum of ARHGEF9 by describing a large Ethiopian-Jewish family with epilepsy and intellectual disability. The four affected male...
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