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The pathogenic variants of\n                      <jats:italic>GRIA3<\/jats:italic>\n                      are mostly associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Patients were overwhelmingly male and presented mainly with intellectual disability, dystonia, epilepsy and other symptoms.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In this study, we reported a pedigree that carried a novel splicing site variant of\n                      <jats:italic>GRIA3<\/jats:italic>\n                      (c.268 + 1G&amp;gt;C) by whole exome sequencing (WES) and co-segregation analysis. Three affected family members (two males and one female) not only showed intellectual disability but also presented significant psychiatric symptoms and spatial memory deficits. The minigene assay further confirmed that this variant lead to exon 2 skipping.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>According to ACMG guidelines, We reclassified previously variant of unknown significance (VUS) into \u201clikely pathogenic\u201d through co-segregates analysis and minigene assay.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It is worth noting that, unlike previous reports, our patients mainly manifested as intellectual disability combined with psychiatric symptoms, expanding the known phenotypic spectrum of GRIA3 gene. 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