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A Novel PLP1 Gene Mutation Causing Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 2: A Case Report
ABSTRACT We report a case of a female patient with hereditary spastic paraplegia type 2 (SPG2), who harbors a novel heterozygous nonsense mutation (c.166C>T/p.Gln56*) in the proteolipid protein 1 (PLP1) gene, which has been previously unpublished in the literature. This discovery expands the spectrum of pathogenic mutations in the PLP1 gene.
Qiaoling Tan, Wei Dong
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Abstract Congenital bile acid synthesis defects (BASD), the most common of which is 3β‐hydroxy‐Δ5‐C27‐steroid dehydrogenase oxidoreductase (3β‐HSD7) deficiency, are a rare cause of fat‐soluble vitamin malabsorption. We describe a 14‐year‐old girl who presented at 14 months with a left distal femur fracture and failure to thrive.
Samantha Pendleton +6 more
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Consanguinity in the Maltese Islands [PDF]
Consanguineous marriages may increase the risk of some medical conditions and may be useful to examine social and other aspects. There were few such marriages in the Maltese islands until late in the 19th C when they increased until they began to decline
Wyatt, H.V.
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Cattle owners KAPs towards bovine tuberculosis were assessed using a structured questionnaire. Out of 200 study participants 20.5%, 33.5% and 29.0% showed good knowledge, desired attitude and appropriate practices, respectively. Education level was associated with their KAPs, and awareness creation campaigns using a one health approach are necessary ...
Yihenew Getahun Ambaw +5 more
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The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks
Abstract This study examines how social embeddedness and multiplex relationships shape criminal collaboration within organized crime networks. Drawing on data from three major investigations into the ‘Ndrangheta, we analyze how kinship, clan affiliation, leadership, and prior interactions influence participation in meetings and phone calls.
Francesco Calderoni +2 more
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Marble Under a Strange Spell: St. John Rivers’ “Long-Cherished Scheme” to Wed Jane Eyre
For most readers, the third volume of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is the least gratifying of this great literary achievement of the Victorian era. Thornfield Hall and its passionate proprietor Edward Rochester are distant memories to “Jane Elliott” as ...
Michelle Thurlow
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ABSTRACT This article seeks to disrupt the undertheorization of Colored women's leadership experiences in gender transformation research. We refer specifically to women who self‐identify as Colored South African and consider themselves to be part of the South African Colored community.
Trudy Rhoda Forbay, Peliwe Pelisa Mnguni
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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment
ABSTRACT This paper advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the adoption of irrigation agriculture during the preindustrial period is a predictor of contemporary cross‐country variation in women's political empowerment. Countries whose populations historically relied on irrigation agriculture as their primary subsistence mode tend to ...
Roberto Ezcurra
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