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Expanding the clinical and radiological phenotypes of leukoencephalopathy due to biallelic HMBS mutations.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2021
Stutterd Chloe A, Kidd Alexa, Florkowski Chris, Janus Edward, Fanjul Miriam, Raizis Anthony, Wu Teddy Y, Archer John, Leventer Richard J, Amor David J, Lukic Vesna, Bahlo Melanie, Gow Paul, Lockhart Paul J, van der Knaap Marjo S, Delatycki Martin B
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic heterozygous variants in HMBS encoding the enzyme hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS), also known as porphobilinogen deaminase, cause acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). Biallelic variants in HMBS have been reported in a small number of children with severe progressive neurological disease and in three adult siblings with a more slowly, progressive neurological disease and distinct leukoencephalopathy....
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