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Usher syndrome type 2A complicated with glycogen storage disease type 3 due to paternal uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 1 in a sporadic patient.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Oct 2021
Wang Hua, Huo Liang, Wang Yajian, Sun Weiwei, Gu Weiyue
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BACKGROUND: The condition of uniparental disomy (UPD) occurs when an individual inherits two copies of a chromosome, or part of a chromosome, from one parent. Most cases of uniparental heterodisomy (UPhD) do not cause diseases, whereas cases of uniparental isodisomy (UPiD), while rare, may be pathogenic. Theoretically, UPiD may cause rare genetic diseases in a homozygous recessive manner. METHODS: A 4-year-old...
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