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Query: UMLS:C0011168 (
dysphagia
)
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Missense mutations in
kinesin family member 5A
(
KIF5A
) cause spastic paraplegia 10. We report on 2 patients with de novo stop-loss frameshift variants in
KIF5A
resulting in a novel phenotype that includes severe infantile onset myoclonus, hypotonia, optic nerve abnormalities,
dysphagia
, apnea, and early developmental arrest. We propose that alteration and elongation of the carboxy-terminus of the protein has a dominant-negative effect, causing mitochondrial dysfunction in the setting of an abnormal kinesin "motor." These results highlight the role of expanded testing and whole-exome sequencing in critically ill infants and emphasize the importance of accurate test interpretation. Ann Neurol 2016;80:633-637.
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PMID:KIF5A mutations cause an infantile onset phenotype including severe myoclonus with evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction. 2746 1
