A Novel CCND2 Mutation in a Previously Reported Case of Megalencephaly and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria with Postaxial Polydactyly and Hydrocephalus

I. Maini; E. Farnetti; S.G. Caraffi; I. Ivanovski; M.L. De Bernardi; C. Gelmini; M. Pollazzon; S. Rosato; S. Laurie; L. Matalonga; C. Baldo; L. Garavelli

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1641722

Neuropediatrics, Table of Contents

Neuropediatrics 2018; 49(03): 222-224
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1641722

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

A Novel CCND2 Mutation in a Previously Reported Case of Megalencephaly and Perisylvian Polymicrogyria with Postaxial Polydactyly and Hydrocephalus

I. Maini

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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E. Farnetti

²Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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S.G. Caraffi

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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I. Ivanovski

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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M.L. De Bernardi

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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C. Gelmini

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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M. Pollazzon

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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S. Rosato

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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S. Laurie

³CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain

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L. Matalonga

³CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain

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C. Baldo

⁴Laboratory of Human Genetics; Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy

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L. Garavelli

¹Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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