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Phenotypic gender differences in subjects with familial partial lipodystrophy (Dunnigan variety) due to a nuclear lamin A/C R482W mutation.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Jan 2003
Araújo-Vilar D, Loidi L, Domínguez F, Cabezas-Cerrato J
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic features appeared after puberty in female, but not male subjects with familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD). We have studied anthropometrical, clinical, and metabolic gender differences in a Spanish family with FPLD resulting from a lamin A/C gene mutation, R482W. Genetic studies were carried out on 14 members of the family. In eleven heterozygous mutation carriers (6 men, 5 women), body composition...
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