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Identification of four TTN variants in three families with fetal akinesia deformation sequence.
BMC medical genomics - 27 Jun 2024
Fan Lihong, Li Haibo, Xu Ying, Huang Yingzhi, Qian Yeqing, Jin Pengzhen, Shen Xueping, Li Zhi, Liu Mingsong, Liang Yufei, Shen Guosong, Dong Minyue
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BACKGROUND: TTN is a complex gene with large genomic size and highly repetitive structure. Pathogenic variants in TTN have been reported to cause a range of skeletal muscle and cardiac disorders. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations tend to cause a wide spectrum of phenotypes with congenital or childhood onset. The onset and severity of the features were considered to be correlated with the types and...
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