Truncating mutations in YIF1B cause a progressive encephalopathy with various degrees of mixed movement disorder, microcephaly, and epilepsy

Mohammed AlMuhaizea, Rawan AlMass, Aljouhra AlHargan, Anoud AlBader, Eva Medico Salsench, Jude Howaidi, Jacie Ihinger, Peter Karachunski, Amber Begtrup, Monica Segura Castell, Peter Bauer, Aida Bertoli-Avella, Ibrahim H. Kaya, Jumanah AlSufayan, Laila AlQuait, Aziza Chedrawi, Stefan T. Arold, Dilek Colak, Tahsin Stefan Barakat, Namik Kaya

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)791-794
Number of pages4
JournalActa Neuropathologica
Volume139
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2020

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We are grateful to the patient families for their participation. This research was conducted through intramural funds (RAC# 2120022, 2180004, 2110006) provided by King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC). We would like to thank National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation program under King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (NSTIP/KACST) for supporting NK and DC. We thank the King Salman Center for Disability Research for generous funds for NK. We thank the KFSHRC Genotyping and Sequencing Core Facilities at Genetics Department, Research Advisory Council Committees, Saudi Human Genome Program and Purchasing Department (Mr. Faisal Al Otaibi) for facilitating and expediting our requests. The research by STA was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through the Award No. FCC1/1976-25 form the Office of Sponsored Research. TSB is supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (ZonMW Veni, Grant 91617021), a Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant, an Erasmus MC Fellowship 2017 and Erasmus MC Human Disease Model Award 2018.

Funding Information:
We are grateful to the patient families for their participation. This research was conducted through intramural funds (RAC# 2120022, 2180004, 2110006) provided by King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC). We would like to thank National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation program under King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (NSTIP/KACST) for supporting NK and DC. We thank the King Salman Center for Disability Research for generous funds for NK. We thank the KFSHRC Genotyping and Sequencing Core Facilities at Genetics Department, Research Advisory Council Committees, Saudi Human Genome Program and Purchasing Department (Mr. Faisal Al Otaibi) for facilitating and expediting our requests. The research by STA was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through the Award No. FCC1/1976-25 form the Office of Sponsored Research. TSB is supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (ZonMW Veni, Grant 91617021), a Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant, an Erasmus MC Fellowship 2017 and Erasmus MC Human Disease Model Award 2018.

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