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Phenotypic manifestations of the OCTN2 V295X mutation: sudden infant death and carnitine-responsive cardiomyopathy in Roma families.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2004
Melegh Béla, Bene Judit, Mogyorósy Gábor, Havasi Viktória, Komlósi Katalin, Pajor László, Oláh Eva, Kispál Gyula, Sumegi Balázs, Méhes Károly
Abstract excerpt
In two non-consanguineous Hungarian Roma (Gypsy) children who presented with cardiomyopathy and decreased plasma carnitine levels, we identified homozygous deletion of 17081C of the SLC22A5 gene that results in a frameshift at R282D and leads ultimately to a premature stop codon (V295X) in the OCTN2 carnitine transporter. Carnitine treatment resulted in dramatic improvement of the cardiac symptoms,...
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