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Patients with familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type due to a LMNA R482W mutation show muscular and cardiac abnormalities.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 2004
Vantyghem M C, Pigny P, Maurage C A, Rouaix-Emery N, Stojkovic T, Cuisset J M, Millaire A, Lascols O, Vermersch P, Wemeau J L, Capeau J, Vigouroux C
Abstract excerpt
Diseases due to mutations in the lamin A/C gene (LMNA) are highly heterogeneous, including neuromuscular and cardiac dystrophies, lipodystrophies, and premature ageing syndromes. In this study we characterized the neuromuscular and cardiac phenotypes of patients bearing the heterozygous LMNA R482W mutation, which is the most frequent genotype associated with the familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type...
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