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SLC7A7, encoding a putative permease-related protein, is mutated in patients with lysinuric protein intolerance.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 1999
Borsani G, Bassi M T, Sperandeo M P, De Grandi A, Buoninconti A, Riboni M, Manzoni M, Incerti B, Pepe A, Andria G, Ballabio A, Sebastio G
Abstract excerpt
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI, MIM 222700) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder found mainly in Finland and Italy. On a normal diet, LPI patients present poor feeding, vomiting, diarrhoea, episodes of hyperammoniaemic coma and failure to thrive. Hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis and a life-threatening pulmonary involvement (alveolar proteinosis) are also seen. LPI is caused by defective cationic...
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