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Pichurin, Pavel

0000-0002-6336-136X

Mayo Clinic

Department of Clinical Genomics (F.P.e.V., L.L., P.N.P., E.W.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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Pathogenic Variant in ACTB, p.Arg183Trp, Causes Juvenile-Onset Dystonia, Hearing Loss, and Developmental Delay without Midline Malformation
Conboy, Erin , Waggoner, Darrel, Das, Soma , Klee, Eric W. , Pichurin, Pavel N. , Vairo, Filippo, Pichurin, Pavel , Vairo, Filippo Pinto e , Ober, Carole , Dhamija, Radhika

Case Reports in Genetics | April 12, 2017 | Volume: 2017 | Issue: No issue available | Pages: 1-4

10.1155/2017/9184265 Get It

ACTB encodes the β-actin, and pathogenic variations in this gene have typically been associated with Baraitser-Winter cerebrofrontofacial syndrome, a congenital malformation syndrome characterized by short stature, craniofacial anomalies, and cerebral anomalies. Here, we describe the third case with the p.Arg183Trp variant in ACTB causing juvenile-onset dystonia. Our patient has severe, intractable dystonia, developmental delay, and sensorineural hearing loss, besides hyperintensities in the caudate nuclei and putamen on the brain MRI, which is a distinct but overlapping phenotype with the previously reported case of identical twins with the same alteration in ACTB.