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GARS-related disease in infantile spinal muscular atrophy: Implications for diagnosis and treatment.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2020
Markovitz Rebecca, Ghosh Rajarshi, Kuo Molly E, Hong William, Lim Jaehyung, Bernes Saunder, Manberg Stephanie, Crosby Kathleen, Tanpaiboon Pranoot, Bharucha-Goebel Diana, Bonnemann Carsten, Mohila Carrie A, Mizerik Elizabeth, Woodbury Suzanne, Bi Weimin, Lotze Timothy, Antonellis Anthony, Xiao Rui, Potocki Lorraine
Abstract excerpt
The majority of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) identified to date harbor a biallelic exonic deletion of SMN1. However, there have been reports of SMA-like disorders that are independent of SMN1, including those due to pathogenic variants in the glycyl-tRNA synthetase gene (GARS1). We report three unrelated patients with de novo variants in GARS1 that are associated with infantile-onset SMA (iSMA)....
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