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Atypical Neurologic Phenotype and Novel SLC30A10 Mutation in Two Brothers with Hereditary Hypermanganesemia.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Feb 2018
Gulab Shamshad, Kayyali Husam R, Al-Said Youssef
Abstract excerpt
Manganese (Mn) is an essential element in trace quantity but large amounts are toxic. A novel hereditary disorder encompassing high blood Mn levels, dystonia, polycythemia, distinctive T1 hyperintense signals in the basal ganglia on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain, and chronic liver disease was recently described. The disorder is caused by mutations in a Mn transporter encoding gene SLC30A10. We are...
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