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A novel MYT1L mutation in a patient with severe early-onset obesity and intellectual disability.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2018
Loid Petra, Mäkitie Riikka, Costantini Alice, Viljakainen Heli, Pekkinen Minna, Mäkitie Outi
Abstract excerpt
The genetic background of severe early-onset obesity is still incompletely understood. Deletions at 2p25.3 associate with early-onset obesity and variable intellectual disability. Myelin-transcriptor-factor-1-like (MYT1L) gene in this locus has been proposed a candidate gene for obesity. We report on a 13-year-old boy presenting with overweight already at 1 year of age (body mass index [BMI] Z-score +2.3) and...
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