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LMNA R482Q mutation in partial lipodystrophy associated with reduced plasma leptin concentration.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 2000
Hegele R A, Cao H, Huff M W, Anderson C M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in LMNA, which encodes lamins A and C, have been found in patients with autosomal dominant Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD). We analyzed the relationship between plasma leptin and the rare LMNA R482Q mutation in 23 adult FPLD subjects compared with 25 adult family controls with normal LMNA in an extended Canadian FPLD kindred. We found that the LMNA Q482/R482 genotype was a...
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