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Biallelic mutations in NALCN: Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectra of IHPRF1.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2018
Takenouchi Toshiki, Inaba Mie, Uehara Tomoko, Takahashi Takao, Kosaki Kenjiro, Mizuno Seiji
Abstract excerpt
Loss-of function mutations in NALCN on chromosome 13q, a sodium leak channel that maintains baseline neuronal excitability, cause infantile hypotonia with psychomotor retardation and characteristic faces 1 (IHPRF1, OMIM #615419). Here, we document two individuals with early onset hypotonia with poor feeding and intellectual disability who were compatible with a diagnosis of IHPRF1. The two patients had bi-allelic...
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