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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in MCPH1 gene causes primary microcephaly in Saudi family

Muhammad I. Naseer, Mahmood Rasool, Angham A. Abdulkareem, Randa I. Bassiouni, Hussein Algahtani, Adeel G. Chaudhary and Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani
Neurosciences Journal October 2018, 23 (4) 346-350; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.4.20180095
Muhammad I. Naseer
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Mahmood Rasool
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Angham A. Abdulkareem
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Randa I. Bassiouni
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Hussein Algahtani
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Adeel G. Chaudhary
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani
From the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (Naseer, Rasool Abdulkareem, Chaudhary, Al-Qahtan) King Abdulaziz University, and from King Abdulaziz Medical City (Algahtani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Clinical Genetic Division of Human Genetics & Genome Research, National Research Center (Bassiouni), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Neurosciences Journal Oct 2018, 23 (4) 346-350; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2018.4.20180095

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Muhammad I. Naseer, Mahmood Rasool, Angham A. Abdulkareem, Randa I. Bassiouni, Hussein Algahtani, Adeel G. Chaudhary, Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani
Neurosciences Journal Oct 2018, 23 (4) 346-350; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2018.4.20180095
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