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SUBMITTER: Park KW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5615178 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of movement disorders 20170922 3
Oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited disease caused by mutations of the human gap junction alpha 1 gene, which encodes the protein Connexin-43. Patients with ODDD may present with neurological deficits with a typical pleiotropic combination of characteristic craniofacial, ophthalmological, phalangeal, and dental anomalies. In this report, we describe the first genetically confirmed Korean ODDD patient, who presented with spastic paraparesis. We will also revi ...[more]