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Laminopathies and atherosclerosis.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Sept 2004
Al-Shali Khalid Z, Hegele Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Laminopathies are genetic diseases that encompass a wide spectrum of phenotypes with diverse tissue pathologies and result mainly from mutations in the LMNA gene encoding nuclear lamin A/C. Some laminopathies affect the cardiovascular system, and a few (namely, Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy [FPLD2] and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome [HGPS]) feature atherosclerosis as a key component. The...
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