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A novel de novo mutation in the PURA gene associated with a new clinical finding: large brainstem.
Journal of genetics - 1 Jan 2020
Rodríguez-García María Elena, Cotrina-Vinagre Francisco Javier, Arranz-Canales Elena, Aragón Ana Martínez de, Hernández-Sánchez Laura, Rodríguez-Fornés Fátima, Carnicero-Rodríguez Patricia, Morales-Conejo Montserrat, Martín-Hernández Elena, Martínez-Azorín Francisco
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of a Caucasian Spanish boy, who showed profound neonatal hypotonia, feeding difficulties, apnea, severe developmental delay, epilepsy, bilateral convergent strabismus, poor verbal language development and a large brainstem. Whole-exome sequence uncovered a novel de novo mutation in the purine-rich element binding protein A gene (PURA; NM_005859.4:c.72del:p.(-Gly25AlafsTer53)) that encodes the...
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