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Characteristic facial features and cortical blindness distinguish the DOCK7-related epileptic encephalopathy.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Mar 2021
Haberlandt Edda, Valovka Taras, Janjic Tanja, Müller Thomas, Blatsios Georgios, Karall Daniela, Janecke Andreas R
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BACKGROUND: The epileptic encephalopathies display extensive locus and allelic heterogeneity. Biallelic truncating DOCK7 variants were recently reported in five children with early-onset epilepsy, intellectual disability, and cortical blindness, indicating that DOCK7 deficiency causes a specific type of epileptic encephalopathy. METHODS: We identified 23- and 27-year-old siblings with the clinical pattern...
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