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AIFM1-associated X-linked spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with cerebral hypomyelination.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2021
Edgerley Katharine, Barnicoat Angela, Offiah Amaka C, Calder Alistair D, Mankad Kshitij, Thomas Nicholas Simon, Bunyan David J, Williams Maggie, Buxton Chris, Majumdar Arniban, Vijayakumar Kayal, Hilliard Tom, Turner James, Burren Christine P, Monsell Fergal, Smithson Sarah F
Abstract excerpt
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with cerebral hypomyelination (SMD-H) is a very rare but distinctive phenotype, unusually combining spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy. Recently, SMD-H has been associated with variants confined to a specific intra-genic locus involving Exon 7, suggesting that AIFM1 plays an important role in bone development and metabolism as well as cerebral...
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