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A Frameshift Variant in the SEMA6B Gene Causes Global Developmental Delay and Febrile Seizures

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81801136), Major Scientific and Technological Projects for Collaborative Prevention and Control of Birth Defects in Hunan Province (2019SK1010, 2019SK1012, and 2019SK1014), the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFC1005100), the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M662804), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2020JJ4854).

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  1. Li Shu and Yuchen Xu have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410008, China

    Li Shu, Qi Tian, Hui Xi, Hua Wang & Xiao Mao

  2. National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Research, Prevention and Treatment, Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Changsha, 410008, China

    Li Shu, Hua Wang & Xiao Mao

  3. School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China

    Li Shu

  4. Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, 410008, China

    Yuchen Xu

  5. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, 410008, China

    Yuanyuan Chen

  6. Health Management Center, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China

    Yaqin Wang

  7. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Chenzhou First People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, 423000, China

    Neng Xiao

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Shu, L., Xu, Y., Tian, Q. et al. A Frameshift Variant in the SEMA6B Gene Causes Global Developmental Delay and Febrile Seizures. Neurosci. Bull. 37, 1357–1360 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-021-00717-5

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