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Genomic heterogeneity of type II CD36 deficiency.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Jul 2002
Imai Makoto, Tanaka Takao, Kintaka Taigo, Ikemoto Toshiyuki, Shimizu Akira, Kitaura Yasushi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: CD36 deficiency has been classified in two types, i.e., type I and type II CD36 deficiency. Possible pathological involvement of CD36 deficiency has been suggested in humans, but is still confounding. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations (CD36(-/-)) were demonstrated in type I CD36 deficiency, while the genomic or molecular background of type II CD36 deficiency is still unclear, which may...
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