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Two Cockayne Syndrome patients with a novel splice site mutation - clinical and metabolic analyses.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Oct 2018
Sanchez-Roman Ines, Lautrup Sofie, Aamann Maria Diget, Neilan Edward G, Østergaard John R, Stevnsner Tinna
Abstract excerpt
Cockayne Syndrome (CS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, which leads to neurodegeneration, growth failure and premature aging. Most of the cases are due to mutations in the ERCC6 gene, which encodes the protein CSB. CSB is involved in several functions including DNA repair and transcription. Here we describe two Danish brothers with CS. Both patients carried a novel splice site mutation (c.2382+2T>G), and a...
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