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Prenatal diagnosis in CDG1 families: beware of heterogeneity.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000
Matthijs G, Schollen E, Cassiman J J, Cormier-Daire V, Jaeken J, van Schaftingen E
Abstract excerpt
Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1 (CDG1) is an autosomal recessive, metabolic disorder with severe psychomotor retardation and a high mortality rate in early childhood. Most patients have a deficiency of phosphomannomutase, due to mutations in PMM2, a gene located on chromosome 16p13. Over a period of 18 months we offered prenatal diagnosis to eight families. In six cases and prior to the...
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