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Variants in ACTG2 underlie a substantial number of Australasian patients with primary chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.

Gianina RavenscroftS PannellG O'GradyR OngH C EeF FaizL MarnsH GoelP KumarasingheE SollisP SivadoraiM WilsonA MagoffinS NightingaleM-L FreckmannE P KirkR SachdevD A LembergM B DelatyckiM A KammC BasnayakeP J LamontD J AmorK JonesJ SchilperoortM R DavisN G Laing
Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)
ACTG2 mutations represent a significant underlying cause of primary CIPO with visceral myopathy and associated phenotypes in Australasian patients. Thus, ACTG2 sequencing should be considered in cases presenting with hypoperistalsis phenotypes with suspected visceral myopathy. It is likely that variants in other genes encoding enteric smooth muscle contractile proteins will contribute further to the genetic heterogeneity of hypoperistalsis phenotypes.
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