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Identification of two novel homozygous mutations in ERCC8 gene in two unrelated consanguineous families with Cockayne syndrome from Iran.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Dec 2021
Yousefipour Farideh, Mahjoobi Forouzandeh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with characteristic multisystem involvement including pre- or post-natal growth failure, progressive neurological dysfunction, psychomotor retardation, cerebral atrophy, microcephaly and mental retardation, due to mutations in either the ERCC8/CSA or ERCC6/CSB gene. METHOD: We present two Iranian patients with remarkable growth failure,...
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