POLR1C variants dysregulate splicing and cause hypomyelinating leukodystrophy

Hitoshi Kashiki1, Heng Li1, Sachiko Miyamoto1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics (H.K.), Minamata City General Hospital & Medical Center, Kumamoto; Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research (H.L., K.I.), National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo; Department of Biochemistry (S.M., H.S.), Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka; Department of Pediatrics (H.U.), Kumamoto Takumadai Rehabilitation Hospital; Kanagawa Children's Medical Center (Y.T., Y.E.), Clinical Research Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa; Department of Pediatrics (C.I., H.K., T.O., T.S., H.I.), National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Saishun Medical Center, Koshi; Clinical Research Institute, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, (Y.E.), Yokohama, Kanagawa; Department of Pediatric Neurology (J.T.), Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba; and Division of Medical Genetics (K.K.), Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.

Neurology. Genetics
|November 2, 2020
PubMed
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