Multiexon deletions account for 15% of congenital myasthenic syndromes with RAPSN mutations after negative DNA sequencing

Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders that give rise to a defect in neuromuscular transmission. We described here three patients with a characteristic phenotype of recessive CMS and presenting mutation in the gene encoding rapsyn (RAPSN). Familial analy...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical genetics 2010-12, Vol.47 (12), p.795-796
Hauptverfasser: Gaudon, Karen, Pénisson-Besnier, Isabelle, Chabrol, Brigitte, Bouhour, Françoise, Demay, Laurence, Ben Ammar, Asma, Bauché, Stéphanie, Vial, Christophe, Nicolas, Guillaume, Eymard, Bruno, Hantaï, Daniel, Richard, Pascale
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Zusammenfassung:Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders that give rise to a defect in neuromuscular transmission. We described here three patients with a characteristic phenotype of recessive CMS and presenting mutation in the gene encoding rapsyn (RAPSN). Familial analysis showed that one allelic mutation failed to be detected by direct sequencing. An allelic quantification on patient's DNA identified three novel multi-exon deletions of RAPSN. These three genomic rearrangements in RAPSN represent 15% of our CMS patients with RAPSN mutations and we emphasize that single-nucleotide polymorphism markers and a gene dosage method should be performed in addition to DNA direct sequencing analysis particularly when there is a genetic counselling issue.
ISSN:0022-2593
1468-6244
1468-6244
DOI:10.1136/jmg.2010.081034