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A novel biallelic single base insertion in WNK1 in a Pakistani family with congenital insensitivity to pain.
Journal of human genetics - 1 May 2020
Pastore Stephen, Harripaul Ricardo, Azam Matloob, Vincent John B
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type II (HSANII) is a rare, recessively inherited neurological condition frequently involving insensitivity to pain. The subtype, HSAN2A, results from mutations in the gene WNK1. We identified a consanguineous Pakistani family with three affecteds showing symptoms of HSANII. We performed microarray genotyping, followed by homozygosity-by-descent (HBD) mapping, which...
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