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A novel homozygous mutation of CLCN2 in a patient with characteristic brain MRI images - A first case of CLCN2-related leukoencephalopathy in Japan.
Brain & development - 1 Jan 2019
Hoshi Miyuki, Koshimizu Eriko, Miyatake Satoko, Matsumoto Naomichi, Imamura Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Chloride channel 2 (ClC-2) is one of nine ClC family proteins and is encoded by CLCN2. We report the first patient with a CLCN2 mutation in Japan. A 22-month-old female had generalized tonic-clonic convulsions at the age of 3 months. Brain MRI showed high signals in the bilateral cerebellar white matter including the dentate nucleus, dorsal midbrain, and posterior limbs of the internal capsules in...
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