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Late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency caused by a somatic mosaic mutation

Late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency caused by a somatic mosaic mutation

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Late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency caused by a somatic mosaic mutation

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Full title

Late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency caused by a somatic mosaic mutation

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Human genome variation, 2018-08, Vol.5 (1), p.22-4, Article 22

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

An 18-month-old boy was diagnosed with late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Genetic analysis revealed a mosaic frameshift mutation (p.Q279fs) in the
OTC
gene. Despite the presence of a null mutation, he exhibited a milder phenotype, suggesting that the wild-type allele could rescue the function of OTC. The presence of mosaicism h...

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Late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency caused by a somatic mosaic mutation

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6095930

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6095930

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ISSN

2054-345X

E-ISSN

2054-345X

DOI

10.1038/s41439-018-0022-x

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