A novel deletion mutation in the <it>TUSC3 </it>gene in a consanguineous Pakistani family with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic intellectual disability

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Intellectual disability (ID) is a serious disorder of the central nervous system with a prevalence of 1-3% in a general population. In the past decades, the research focus has been predominantly on X-linked ID (68 loci and 19 genes f...

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Main Authors: Ali Nadir, Noor Abdul, Rafiq Muhammad, Khan Muzammil, Ali Ghazanfar, Vincent John B, Ansar Muhammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/12/56