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Isolation of a novel gene underlying Batten disease, CLN3. The International Batten Disease Consortium.
Cell - 22 Sept 1995
Abstract excerpt
Batten disease (also known as juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis) is a recessively inherited neurodegenerative disorder of childhood characterized by progressive loss of vision, seizures, and psychomotor disturbances. The Batten disease gene, CLN3, maps to chromosome 16p12.1. The so-called 56 chromosome haplotype defined by alleles at the D16S299 and D16S298 loci is shared by 73% of Batten disease...
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