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Familial isolated hyperCKaemia associated with a new mutation in the caveolin-3 (CAV-3) gene.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jul 2002
Merlini L, Carbone I, Capanni C, Sabatelli P, Tortorelli S, Sotgia F, Lisanti M P, Bruno C, Minetti C
Abstract excerpt
An 18 year old man and his mother both presented with persistent, isolated raised serum creatine kinase (hyperCKaemia) without muscle symptoms. Analysis of caveolin-3 protein expression in muscle biopsy of the propositus showed a reduction in the protein. Genetic analysis revealed a new heterozygous mutation in the caveolin-3 (CAV-3) gene: a C-->T transition at nucleotide position 83 in exon 1 leading to a...
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