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Type A insulin resistance syndrome revealing a novel lamin A mutation.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2005
Young Jacques, Morbois-Trabut Louise, Couzinet Béatrice, Lascols Olivier, Dion Elisabeth, Béréziat Véronique, Fève Bruno, Richard Isabelle, Capeau Jacqueline, Chanson Philippe, Vigouroux Corinne
Abstract excerpt
Particular forms of polycystic ovary syndrome with severe hyperandrogenism, acanthosis nigricans, and marked insulin resistance, defining the type A insulin resistance syndrome, are due to insulin receptor gene mutations. However, the majority of affected individuals do not have such mutation, arguing for the genetic heterogeneity of this syndrome. The familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type, one of...
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