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Sialuria-Related Intellectual Disability in Children and Adolescent of Pakistan: Tenth Patient Described has a Novel Mutation in the GNE Gene.
CNS & neurological disorders drug targets - 1 Jan 2020
Ishtiaq Hina, Siddiqui Sonia, Nawaz Rukhsana, Jamali Khawar Saeed, Khan Abdul Ghani
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BACKGROUND: Sialuria is a rare inborn error of metabolism caused by excessive synthesis of sialic acid due to the mutation in the binding site of the cytidine monophosphate-sialic acid of UDPGlcNAc 2-Epimerase/ManNAc Kinase (GNE/MNK). OBJECTIVE: This is the first study investigating the molecular basis of neuronal disorders exhibiting sialuria in Pakistani children/adolescents. METHODS: The current study...
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