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THUMPD1-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder: A Novel Homozygous Loss-of-Function Variant with an Unusual Skeletal
Serife Ozturk Yilmaz1, Mehmet Kocabey2, Huseyin Bahadir Senol3
1Department of Pediatric Genetics, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
Biallelic loss-of-function variants in the THUMPD1 gene cause Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Speech Delay and Variable Ocular Anomalies (NEDSOA). A novel THUMPD1 variant was identified in two sisters with NEDSOA, one of whom showed unique skeletal abnormalities.
Area of Science:
- Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Molecular Biology
Background:
- Genes regulating tRNA modification are crucial for neurodevelopment.
- THUMPD1 is essential for tRNA modification and its variants cause NEDSOA.
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