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Adrenoleukodystrophy siblings with a novel ABCD1 missense variant presenting with phenotypic differences: a case report and literature review.
Journal of human genetics - 1 May 2021
Shibata Yuka, Matsushima Masaaki, Matsukawa Takashi, Ishiura Hiroyuki, Tsuji Shoji, Yabe Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is an X-linked disease that affects primarily the white matter of the central nervous system and adrenal cortex. A correlation between genotypes and phenotypes has not been observed. Here, we present two Japanese siblings with a novel missense variant (c.1887T > G) in the ABCD1 gene who presented with different clinical phenotypes, i.e., adolescent cerebral and cerebello-brainstem...
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