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A novel three-base duplication, E243dup, of GFAP identified in a patient with Alexander disease

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Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene mutations, most of which are missense mutations. We present an AxD case with… Click to show full abstract

Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene mutations, most of which are missense mutations. We present an AxD case with a novel de novo three-base duplication mutation in GFAP resulting in E243dup.

Keywords: three base; base duplication; alexander disease

Journal Title: Human Genome Variation
Year Published: 2017

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