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Periventricular small cystic lesions in a patient with Coffin-Lowry syndrome who exhibited a novel mutation in the RPS6KA3 gene.
Brain & development - 1 Aug 2018
Miyata Yohane, Saida Ken, Kumada Satoko, Miyake Noriko, Mashimo Hideaki, Nishida Yuya, Shirai Ikuko, Kurihara Eiji, Nakata Yasuhiro, Matsumoto Naomichi
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BACKGROUND: Coffin-Lowry syndrome is a rare X-linked disease, caused by loss-of-function mutations in the RPS6KA3 gene. Patients exhibit severe intellectual disability with characteristic dysmorphism. As there are no specific laboratory findings to support the diagnosis of Coffin-Lowry syndrome, it may be difficult to diagnose-especially in young children, where the characteristic craniofacial features are less...
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