High frequency of GJA12 /GJC2 mutations in Turkish patients with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Dr Lupski owns JRL, which is a paid consultant for Athena Diagnostics,Inc., has stock ownership in 23andMe and Ion Torrent Systems, Inc., andis a co-Inventor on multiple US and European DNA diagnostic patents.The Medical Genetics Laboratories (MGL) of the Department ofMolecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine derivesrevenue from molecular diagnostic testing including genome-wide assaysby Chromosomal MicroArray Analysis (CMA). MGL,http://www.bcm.edu/geneticlabs/The other authors declare no conflict of interest.