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Three patients with Schaaf-Yang syndrome exhibiting arthrogryposis and endocrinological abnormalities.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2018
Enya Takuji, Okamoto Nobuhiko, Iba Yoshinori, Miyazawa Tomoki, Okada Mitsuru, Ida Shinobu, Naruto Takuya, Imoto Issei, Fujita Atsushi, Miyake Noriko, Matsumoto Naomichi, Sugimoto Keisuke, Takemura Tsukasa
Abstract excerpt
MAGEL2 is the paternally expressed gene within Prader-Willi syndrome critical region at 15q11.2. We encountered three individuals in whom truncating mutations of MAGEL2 were identified. Patients 1 and 2, siblings born to healthy, non-consanguineous Japanese parents, showed generalized hypotonia, lethargy, severe respiratory difficulty, poor feeding, and multiple anomalies including arthrogryposis soon after...
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