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Null variants in AGRN cause lethal fetal akinesia deformation sequence.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2020
Geremek Maciej, Dudarewicz Lech, Obersztyn Ewa, Paczkowska Magdalena, Smyk Marta, Sobecka Katarzyna, Nowakowska Beata
Abstract excerpt
We present a case of lethal fetal akinesia deformation sequence (FADS) caused by a frameshift variant in trans with a 148 kbp deletion encompassing 3-36 exons of AGRN. Pathogenic variants in AGRN have been described in families with a form of congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS), manifesting in the early childhood with variable fatigable muscle weakness. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of...
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