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Cerebral palsy and related neuromotor disorders: Overview of genetic and genomic studies.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Dec 2022
Friedman Jan M, van Essen Peter, van Karnebeek Clara D M
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a debilitating condition characterized by abnormal movement or posture, beginning early in development. Early family and twin studies and more recent genomic investigations clearly demonstrate that genetic factors of major effect contribute to the etiology of CP. Most copy number variants and small alterations of nucleotide sequence that cause CP arise as a result of de novo mutations, so...
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