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Biallelic PADI6 variants linking infertility, miscarriages, and hydatidiform moles.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jul 2018
Qian JianHua, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Phuong, Rezaei Maryam, Huang Bo, Tao YongLing, Zhang XiaoFei, Cheng Qi, Yang HanJin, Asangla Ao, Majewski Jacek, Slim Rima
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Recurrent hydatidiform moles (RHM) are aberrant human pregnancies characterized by absence of, or abnormal, embryonic development, hydropic degeneration of chorionic villi, and hyperproliferation of the trophoblast. Biallelic mutations in two maternal-effect genes, NLRP7 and KHDC3L, underlie the causation of RHM in 60% of patients. We performed exome sequencing on a patient with six pregnancy losses, two...
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