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This work was supported by a grant of the Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Finalizzata RF-2019-12369247).
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MS and VC contributed to the study conception and design. GD’O and MS drafted the paper. FR, PDM, and FZ conducted the genetic studies. MS processed the neuroradiological features. RR, MC, and PS were involved in the clinical care of the patients and in collecting clinical and genetic data. All authors have critically revised the paper and approved the final one as submitted.
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D’Onofrio, G., Scala, M., Severino, M. et al. Expanding the phenotype associated with biallelic SLC20A2 variants. Eur J Hum Genet 31, 725–729 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01349-1
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