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Na Zhang1, Mei Hou2, Shaochun Ma2
1Pediatric Department, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, P.R. China.
Purpose:
To identify the causative variants in two unrelated Chinese patients presenting with epilepsy and deafness.
Methods:
The two patients underwent a thorough examination, including brain MRI, EEG and metabolic studies. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed on genomic DNA samples from the siblings and parents. Sanger sequencing was used to confirm the variants.
Results:
Gene sequencing revealed that they carried two novel compound heterozygous missense variants of the TBC1D24: c.116 C > T (p.Ala39Val) and c.827 T > C (p.Ile276Thr) in patient 1; c.404 C > T (p.Pro135Leu) and c.679 T > C (p.Arg227Trp) in patient 2. Audiologic examination showed bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in both patients.
Conclusion:
We have found novel variants in the TBC1D24 in two Chinese unrelated patients. They result in a rare phenotype, characterized by drug-resistant epilepsy and deafness.
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