dyslexia—susceptibility to—2
NEUROLOGY
Definition A relatively common cognitive disorder (OMIM: 600202) characterised by poor reading performance despite adequate motivational, educational and intellectual opportunities. It is a multifactorial with familial clustering and heritability.
Molecular pathology Defects of DCDC2, which encodes a doublecortin domain-containing protein thought to play a role in neuronal migration and primary cilia signalling, cause dyslexia—susceptibility to—2.
Synonyms Developmental dyslexia, reading disability type 2
References http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UHG0
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