Whole genome sequencing identifies a novel homozygous exon deletion in the NT5C2 gene in a family with intellectual disability and spastic paraplegia
Abstract Hereditary spastic paraplegias are a rare group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative diseases, with upper motor neuron degeneration and progressive lower limb spasticity as their main phenotypic features. Despite that 76 distinct loci have been reported and some cas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-06-01
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Series: | npj Genomic Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41525-017-0022-7 |