The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) are a group of genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders. The recent identification of the MFSD8/CLN7 gene in a variant-late infantile form of NCL (v-LINCL) in affected children from Turkey prompted us to examine the relative frequency of variants
A novel mutation in the MFSD8 gene in late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
β Scribed by E. Stogmann; S. El Tawil; J. Wagenstaller; A. Gaber; S. Edris; A. Abdelhady; E. Assem-Hilger; F. Leutmezer; S. Bonelli; C. Baumgartner; F. Zimprich; T. M. Strom; A. Zimprich
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1364-6745
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