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We describe the clinical, neuropathological and molecular findings from a patient affected with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis with a juvenile onset (JNCL). She was a 9-year-old right-handed girl with a normal birth and early developmental milestones. At the age of 4 the early symptoms began. Skin biopsy showed granular osmiophilic deposits (GRODs).
Because JNCL with GRODs is caused by mutations in the CNL1 gene, we performed a molecular investigation by direct sequencing of nine exons of the CNL1 gene. This analysis revealed a novel mutation in homozygous form in the exon 7 that caused an aminoacid substitution at codon 222 (Leu → Pro). Direct sequencing of the exon 7 in both parents showed the same substitution in heterozygous form.
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Received: 30 November 2001, Received in revised form: 8 April 2002, Accepted: 23 April 2002
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Correspondence to Prof. Aldo Quattrone, MD
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Mazzei, R., Conforti, F., Magariello, A. et al. A novel mutation in the CLN1 gene in a patient with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. J Neurol 249, 1398–1400 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0849-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0849-3