Novel mutations expand the clinical spectrum of DYNC1H1-associated spinal muscular atrophy

Mariacristina Scoto1, Alexander M Rossor1, Matthew B Harms1

  • 1From the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Center (M.S., M.C., S.R., A.Y.M., A.R.F., C.S., R.P., F.M.) and MRC Center for Neuromuscular Diseases (F.M.), UCL Institute of Child Health, London; MRC Center for Neuromuscular Diseases (A.M.R., M.M.R.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK; Neuromuscular Division (M.B.H., A.M.C., M.T.A.-L.), Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Research Center for Genetic Medicine (S.C.), Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital (A.M.A., A.R.S.), Department of Neurology, Barrio Labeaga s/n, Usansolo, Vizcaya, Spain; St George's NHS Health Care Trust (S.M., P.F., I.H.), London, UK; Department of Paediatric Neurology (A.K.), University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Pediatrics (M.Y.), University of Colorado Denver; Department of Neurology (M.D.V., W.C.G.O.-P., F.B.), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Human Genetics Unit (C.M.), Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Center for Inherited Neuromuscular Diseases (C.S.), RJAH Orthopaedic NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry; School of Life Sciences (M.H.), University of Sussex, John Maynard Smith Building, Brighton; Radiology Department (W.K.C.) and Neurophysiology Department (M.P.), Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK; Paediatric Neurology Unit (E.M.), Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Neurology (R.H.B.), Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Developmental Neurobiology (J.P.T.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Neurology Department (M.B.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; and Department of Neurology (J.N., C.G.E.L.d.G.), Royal Preston Hospital, UK.

Neurology
|January 23, 2015
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