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Haploinsufficiency of PRRT2 Leading to Familial Hemiplegic Migraine in Chromosome 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Aug 2022
Sen Kuntal, Genser Ilyse, DiFazio Marc, DiSabella Marc
Abstract excerpt
Microdeletion in the 16p11.2 loci lead to a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in addition to dysmorphia, macrocephaly, and increased body mass index. One of the deleted genes in this region is PRRT2 which codes for proline-rich transmembrane protein 2. Heterozygous variants in PRRT2 cause four distinct neurological disorders including benign familial...
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