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Idiopathic achalasia is not allelic to alacrima achalasia adrenal insufficiency syndrome at the ALADIN locus.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 May 2005
Di Nardo G, Tullio-Pelet A, Annese V, Stanghellini V, Barbara G, Latiano A, Andriulli A, Cremon C, Salvioli B, Volta U, Corinaldesi R, Lyonnet S, De Giorgio R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that patients with familial achalasia associated with Allgrove or triple-A syndrome (i.e. alacrima, achalasia and adrenocorticotropin-resistant adrenal insufficiency with neurological impairment) have mutations of the alacrima achalasia adrenal insufficiency syndrome (AAAS) gene. AIM: The present study was aimed at identifying possible AAAS gene mutations in patients with...
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