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Identification of a novel missense c.386G > A variant in a boy with the POMGNT1-related muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy.
Acta neurologica Belgica - 1 Feb 2021
Mohammadi Pouria, Daneshmand Mohammad Ali, Mahdieh Nejat, Ashrafi Mahmoud Reza, Heidari Morteza, Garshasbi Masoud
Abstract excerpt
Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathies are autosomal recessive neurologic disorders, caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the POMGNT1 gene-encoding protein O-mannose beta-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase. This type of muscular dystrophy is characterized by early-onset muscle weakness, gait ataxia, microcephaly, and developmental delay.We performed whole-exome sequencing to detect the...
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