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Splicing mutation in TAZ gene leading to exon skipping and Barth syndrome.
Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology - 1 Jun 2021
Sivitskaya Larysa, Danilenko Nina, Motuk Iryna, Zhelev Nikolai
Abstract excerpt
Barth syndrome is a monogenic X-linked disorder characterized by cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy and neutropenia. It is caused by deficiency of cardiolipin and associated with mutations in the tafazzin gene (TAZ). A 3 years old boy with dilated cardiomyopathy, neutropenia and growth retardation was investigated. Genetic screening found a new variant in the junction of intron 2 and exon 3 of the TAZ gene -...
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