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Hydrocephalus and Hirschsprung's disease in a patient with a mutation of L1CAM.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 1997
Okamoto N, Wada Y, Goto M
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities of the L1CAM gene, a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily of neural cell adhesion molecules, are associated with X linked hydrocephalus and some allelic disorders. We describe a patient with X linked hydrocephalus and Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) with a novel mutation in the L1CAM gene. This is the first report of HSCR with a mutant neural cell adhesion molecule. Although the disease...
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