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Siblings with Cockayne Syndrome B Type III Presenting with Slowly Progressive Cerebellar Ataxia.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2023
Takahashi Nobutaka, Mishima Takayasu, Fujioka Shinsuke, Izumi Kohtarou, Ando Masahiro, Higuchi Yujiro, Takashima Hiroshi, Tsuboi Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
Two patients, 48- and 50-year-old sisters, presented with a characteristic facial appearance with slowly progressive deafness and cerebellar ataxia starting in their 30s. Genetic testing identified compound heterozygous pathogenic variants in the ERCC6 gene: c.1583G>A (p.G528E) and c.1873T>G (p.Y625D). A diagnosis of Cockayne syndrome (CS) B type III was made. CS is usually diagnosed in childhood with...
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