Genetic Variant in GRM1 Underlies Congenital Cerebellar Ataxia with No Obvious Intellectual Disability

Maria S Protasova1, Tatiana V Andreeva1,2,3, Sergey A Klyushnikov4

  • 1Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia.

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