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A Novel Single-Nucleotide Deletion (c.1020delA) in NSUN2 Causes Intellectual Disability in an Emirati Child.

J Mol Neurosci

November 2015

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Intellectual disability (ID) is a major public health burden on most societies with significant socioeconomic costs. It has been shown that genetic mutations in numerous genes are responsible for a proportion of hereditary forms of ID. NOP2/Sun transfer RNA (tRNA) methyltransferase family member 2 encoded by NSUN2 gene is a highly conserved protein and has been shown to cause autosomal recessive ID type 5 (MRT5).

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Transaldolase deficiency caused by the homozygous p.R192C mutation of the TALDO1 gene in four Emirati patients with considerable phenotypic variability.

Eur J Pediatr

May 2015

Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, 17666, United Arab Emirates,