Pathological Variants of Aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetase-Interacting Multifunctional Protein 1 Gene in an Iranian Consanguineous Family With Autosomal Recessive Intellectual Disability
Abstract:Background Intellectual disability (ID) is one of the most common neurodevelopment disorders that caused by both environment and genetic factors. Genetic diseases account for 50% of ID incidents and have important role in its development. One of the most important risk factors of ID in most countries is consanguineous marriage. In consanguineous families, the risk of developing autosomal recessive ID is 3.6-fold higher. There is high prevalence of consanguineous marriage in Iran (about 40 %). Objective In this… Show more
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